A. C. Doyle – Songs of the Road Poems
Songs of the Road Poems by Arthur Conan Doyle Songs of the Road Poems by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle First published by: Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1911 Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1911 Songs of the Road Foreword If it were not for the hillocks You’d think little of the hills; The rivers […]
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A. C. Doyle – A Lilt Of The Road Poem
A Lilt Of The Road Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle A Lilt Of The Road Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Lilt Of The Road Poem Being the doggerel Itinerary of a Holiday in September, 1908 To St. Albans’ town we came; Roman Albanus hence the name. Whose […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax : Sherlock Holmes
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax : His Last Bow : Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle “But why Turkish?” asked Mr. Sherlock Holmes, gazing fixedly at my boots. I was reclining in a cane-backed chair at the moment, and my […]
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A. C. Doyle – Advice To A Young Author Poem
Advice To A Young Author Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle Advice To A Young Author Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Advice To A Young Author Poem First begin Taking in. Cargo stored, All aboard, Think about Giving out. Empty ship, Useless trip! Never strain Weary brain, Hardly fit, […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Echo Poem
The Echo Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle The Echo Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Echo Poem (After Heine) Through the lonely mountain land There rode a cavalier. “Oh ride I to my darling’s arms, Or to the grave so drear?” The Echo answered clear, “The grave so […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Message Poem
The Message Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle The Message Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Message Poem (From Heine) Up, dear laddie, saddle quick, And spring upon the leather! Away post haste o’er fell and waste With whip and spur together! And when you win to Duncan’s kin […]
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A. C. Doyle – Night Voices Poem
Night Voices Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle Night Voices Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Night Voices Poem Father, father, who is that a- whispering? Who is it who whispers in the wood? You say it is the breeze As it sighs among the trees, But there’s some one […]
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J. M. Barrie – Peter Pan
Peter Pan by James Matthew Barrie PETER PAN [PETER AND WENDY] By J. M. Barrie [James Matthew Barrie] PETER PAN CONTENTS Peter Pan Chapter 1 PETER BREAKS THROUGH Peter Pan Chapter 2 THE SHADOW Peter Pan Chapter 3 COME AWAY, COME AWAY! Peter Pan Chapter 4 THE FLIGHT Peter Pan Chapter 5 THE ISLAND COME […]
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A. C. Doyle – Sexagenarius Loquitur Poem
Sexagenarius Loquitur Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle Sexagenarius Loquitur Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sexagenarius Loquitur Poem From our youth to our age We have passed each stage In old immemorial order, From primitive days Through flowery ways With love like a hedge as their border. Ah, youth […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Orphanage Poem
The Orphanage Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle The Orphanage Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Orphanage Poem When, ere the tangled web is reft, The kid-gloved villain scowls and sneers, And hapless innocence is left With no assets save sighs and tears, ‘Tis then, just then, that in […]
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A. C. Doyle – A Voyage Poem
A Voyage Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle A Voyage Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Voyage Poem (1909) Breathing the stale and stuffy air Of office or consulting room, Our thoughts will wander back to where We heard the low Atlantic boom, And, creaming underneath our screw, We […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Empire Poem
The Empire Poem : Songs of the Road Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle The Empire Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Empire Poem (1902) They said that it had feet of clay, That its fall was sure and quick. In the flames of yesterday All the clay was burned to brick. When they carved […]
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