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	''Advice to a Young Author'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.		''Advice to a Young Author'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.

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	''Advice to a Young Author'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] ~~first~~ published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.		''Advice to a Young Author'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.


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	== Advice to a Young Author ==		== Advice to a Young Author ==

			<poem>
	First begin~~<br />~~		First begin
	Taking in.~~<br />~~		Taking in.
	Cargo stored,~~<br />~~		Cargo stored,
	All aboard,~~<br />~~		All aboard,
	Think about~~<br />~~		Think about
	Giving out.~~<br />~~		Giving out.
	Empty ship,~~<br />~~		Empty ship,
	Useless trip!		Useless trip!

			Never strain
			Weary brain,
			Hardly fit,
			Wait a bit!
			After rest
			Comes the best.
			Sitting still,
			Let it fill;
			Never press;
			Nerve stress
			Always shows.
			Nature knows.

	Never ~~strain<br />~~		Critics kind,
	~~Weary brain~~,~~<br />~~		Never mind!
	~~Hardly fit,<br />~~		Critics flatter,
	~~Wait a bit~~!~~<br />~~		No matter!
	~~After rest<br />~~		Critics curse,
	~~Comes~~ the ~~best~~.~~<br />~~		None the worse.
	~~Sitting still~~,~~<br />~~		Critics blame,
	~~Let it fill;<br />~~		All the same!
	~~Never press;<br />~~		''Do your best.''
	~~Nerve stress<br />~~		Hang the rest!
	~~Always shows.~~<br />		</poem>
	~~Nature knows.~~


	~~Critics kind,<br />~~
	~~Never mind!<br />~~
	~~Critics flatter,<br />~~
	~~No matter!<br />~~
	~~Critics curse,<br />~~
	~~None the worse.<br />~~
	~~Critics blame,<br />~~
	~~All the same!<br />~~
	~~''Do your best.''<br />~~
	~~Hang the rest!~~

TCDE-Team at 11:36, 22 July 2016

2016-07-22T11:36:09Z

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''Advice to a Young Author'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.

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== Editions ==

* in ''[[Songs of the Road]]'' (16 march 1911, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])
* in ''[[Songs of the Road]]'' (october 1911, [[Doubleday & McClure Co.|Doubleday, Page & Co.]] [US])
* in ''[[Songs of the Road]]'' (27 january 1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[Songs of the Road]]'' (february 1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (21 september 1922, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (14 september 1928, [[John Murray]]'s ''Fiction Library'' [UK])

== Advice to a Young Author ==

First begin 
Taking in. 
Cargo stored, 
All aboard, 
Think about 
Giving out. 
Empty ship, 
Useless trip!

Never strain 
Weary brain, 
Hardly fit, 
Wait a bit! 
After rest 
Comes the best. 
Sitting still, 
Let it fill; 
Never press; 
Nerve stress 
Always shows. 
Nature knows.

Critics kind, 
Never mind! 
Critics flatter, 
No matter! 
Critics curse, 
None the worse. 
Critics blame, 
All the same! 
''Do your best.'' 
Hang the rest!

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