Mr. Punch's Personalities. XII. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Mr. Punch's Personalities. XII. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a poem published in Punch magazine on 12 may 1926, accompanied by a big illustration by Bernard Partridge showing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle enchained to his creature (Sherlock Holmes).
Mr. Punch's Personalities. XII. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
XII. - SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
Your own creation, that great sleuth,
Who spent his life in chasing Truth -
How does he view your late defiance
(O Arthur!) of the laws of Science?
He disapproves your strange vagaries,
Your spooks and photographs of fairies;
And holds you foot-cuffed when you're fain
To navigate the vast inane.
We sympathise with Holmes; and yet
In Punch's heart your name is set;
Of every DOYLE he's still a lover
For DICKY'S sake, who did his cover.