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	Conan Doyle wrote another poem with the same name ''[[A Parable (poem 1898)\|A Parable]]'' published in 1898.		Conan Doyle wrote another poem with the same name ''[[A Parable (poem 1898)\|A Parable]]'' published in 1898.


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	== A Parable ==		== A Parable ==

	High-Brow House was furnished well~~<br />~~		<poem>
	With many a goblet fair;~~<br />~~		High-Brow House was furnished well
	So when they brought the Holy Grail,~~<br />~~		With many a goblet fair;
	There was never a space to spare.~~<br />~~		So when they brought the Holy Grail,
	Simple Cottage was clear and clean,~~<br />~~		There was never a space to spare.
	With room to store at will ;~~<br />~~		Simple Cottage was clear and clean,
	So there they laid the Holy Grail,~~<br />~~		With room to store at will;
			So there they laid the Holy Grail,
	And there you'll find it still.		And there you'll find it still.
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 22:13, 27 March 2025

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''A Parable'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Guards Came Through and Other Poems]] on 16 december 1919. The poem is also known as "The Holy Grail" in 1925.

Conan Doyle wrote another poem with the same name ''[[A Parable (poem 1898)|A Parable]]'' published in 1898.

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== Editions ==

* in ''[[The Guards Came Through and Other Poems]]'' (16 december 1919, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Guards Came Through and Other Poems]]'' (1920, [[George H. Doran Co.]] [US])
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (1922-1928, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''One Thousand Beautiful Things — Chosen from the Life and Literature of the World'', by Arthur Mee (1925, [[Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.]] [UK]) as ''The Holy Grail''

== A Parable ==

High-Brow House was furnished well 
With many a goblet fair; 
So when they brought the Holy Grail, 
There was never a space to spare. 
Simple Cottage was clear and clean, 
With room to store at will ; 
So there they laid the Holy Grail, 
And there you'll find it still.

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