Retrospect Poem : The Guards Came Through and Other Poems by Arthur Conan Doyle
Retrospect Poem
by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Not published in the first edition of The Guards Came Through.
Retrospect Poem
THERE is a better thing, dear heart,
Than youthful flush or girlish grace.
There is the faith that never fails,
The courage in the danger place,
The duty seen, and duty done,
The heart that yearns for all in need.
The lady soul which could not stoop
To selfish thought or lowly deed.
All that we ever dreamed, dear wife.
Seems drab and common by the truth,
The sweet sad mellow things of life
Are more than golden dreams of youth.
The Guards Came Through and Other Poems
Victrix Poem
Those Others Poem
The Guards Came Through Poem
Haig Is Moving Poem
The Guns In Sussex Poem
Ypres Poem
Grousing Poem
The Volunteer Poem
The Night Patrol Poem
The Bugles Of Canada Poem
The Wreck On Loch Mcgarry Poem
The Bigot Poem
The Athabasca Trail Poem
Ragtime! Poem
Christmas In Trouble Poem
To Carlo Poem
To Ronald Ross Poem
Little Billy Poem
Take Heart Poem
Retrospect Poem
Comrades Poem
Lindisfaire Poem
Holy Grail A Parable Poem
Fate Poem
