A. C. Doyle – A Lay of the Links Poem
A Lay of the Links Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle A Lay of the Links Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Lay of the Links Poem It’s up and away from our work to-day, For the breeze sweeps over the down; And it’s hey for a game where the […]
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A. C. Doyle – A Ballad of the Ranks Poem
A Ballad of the Ranks Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle A Ballad of the Ranks Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Ballad of the Ranks Poem Who carries the gun? A lad from over the Tweed. Then let him go, for well we know He comes of a soldier […]
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A. C. Doyle – A Rover Chanty Poem
A Rover Chanty Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle A Rover Chanty Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Rover Chanty Poem A trader sailed from Stepney town – Wake her up! Shake her up! Try her with the mainsail! A trader sailed from Stepney town With a keg full of […]
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A. C. Doyle – Pennarby Mine Poem
Pennarby Mine Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle Pennarby Mine Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Pennarby Mine Poem Pennarby shaft is dark and steep, Eight foot wide, eight hundred deep. Stout the bucket and tough the cord, Strong as the arm of Winchman Ford. ‘Never look down! Stick to the […]
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A. C. Doyle – A Forgotten Tale Poem
A Forgotten Tale Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle A Forgotten Tale Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Forgotten Tale Poem [The scene of this ancient fight, recorded by Froissart, is still called ‘Altura de los Inglesos. ‘ Five hundred years later Wellington’s soldiers were fighting on the same ground. […]
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A. C. Doyle – Corporal Dick’s Promotion Poem
Corporal Dick’s Promotion Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle Corporal Dick’s Promotion Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Corporal Dick’s Promotion Poem A BALLAD OF ’82 The Eastern day was well-nigh o’er When, parched with thirst and travel sore, Two of McPherson’s flanking corps Across the Desert were tramping. They had […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Frontier Line Poem
The Frontier Line Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle The Frontier Line Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Frontier Line Poem What marks the frontier line? Thou man of India, say! Is it the Himalayas sheer, The rocks and valleys of Cashmere, Or Indus as she seeks the south From […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Storming Party Poem
The Storming Party Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle The Storming Party Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Storming Party Poem Said Paul Leroy to Barrow, ‘Though the breach is steep and narrow, If we only gain the summit Then it’s odds we hold the fort. I have ten and […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Confession
The Confession by Arthur Conan Doyle The Confession by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Published in Star, 17 January 1898. The Confession The Convent of the Third Order of Dominican Nuns—a large whitewashed building with little deep-set windows—stands at the corner of the Rua de St. Pedro in Lisbon. Inside the high wooden porch there is […]
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A. C. Doyle – Cremona Poem
Cremona Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle Cremona Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Cremona Poem [The French Army, including a part of the Irish Brigade, under Marshal Villeroy, held the fortified town of Cremona during the winter of 1702. Prince Eugene, with the Imperial Army, surprised it one morning, and, […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Song of the Bow Poem
The Song of the Bow Poem : Songs of Action Poetry by Arthur Conan Doyle The Song of the Bow Poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Song of the Bow Poem What of the bow? The bow was made in England: Of true wood, of yew-wood, The wood of English bows; So men who […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard
The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle “il etait brave, mais avec cette graine de folie dans sa bravoure que les français aiment.” —French Biography. 8 Brigadier Gerard stories first published in The Strand Magazine, December 1894 to December 1895 First book edition: […]
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