By the North Sea - Revision history

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	[[File:smith-elder-1911-03-16-songs-of-the-road-p97-98.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|[[Smith, Elder & Co.]] (16 march 1911, p. 97-98)]]		[[File:smith-elder-1911-03-16-songs-of-the-road-p97-98.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|[[Smith, Elder & Co.]] (16 march 1911, p. 97-98)]]

	Her cheek was wet with North Sea spray,~~<br />~~		<poem>
	We walked where tide and shingle meet;~~<br />~~		Her cheek was wet with North Sea spray,
	The long waves rolled from far away~~<br />~~		We walked where tide and shingle meet;
	To purr in ripples at our feet.~~<br />~~		The long waves rolled from far away
	And as we walked it seemed to me~~<br />~~		To purr in ripples at our feet.
	That three old friends had met that day,~~<br />~~		And as we walked it seemed to me
	The old, old sky, the old, old sea,~~<br />~~		That three old friends had met that day,
			The old, old sky, the old, old sea,
	And love, which is as old as they.		And love, which is as old as they.

			Out seaward hung the brooding mist
	Out seaward hung the brooding mist~~<br />~~		We saw it rolling, fold on fold,
	We saw it rolling, fold on fold,~~<br />~~		And marked the great Sun alchemist
	And marked the great Sun alchemist~~<br />~~		Turn all its leaden edge to gold,
	Turn all its leaden edge to gold,~~<br />~~		Look well, look well, oh lady mine,
	Look well, look well, oh lady mine,~~<br />~~		The gray below, the gold above,
	The gray below, the gold above,~~<br />~~		For so the grayest life may shine
	For so the grayest life may shine~~<br />~~
	All golden in the light of love.		All golden in the light of love.
			</poem>


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	[[File:chappell-1919-p1-by-the-north-sea.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|[[Chappell & Co.]] (1919, p. 1)]]		[[File:chappell-1919-p1-by-the-north-sea.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|[[Chappell & Co.]] (1919, p. 1)]]

	<q>Our cheeks were</q> wet with North Sea spray,~~<br />~~		<poem>
	We walked where tide and shingle meet;~~<br />~~		<q>Our cheeks were</q> wet with North Sea spray,
	The <q>tawny</q> waves from far away~~<br />~~		We walked where tide and shingle meet;
	<q>Purred</q> in <q>their</q> ripples at our feet.~~<br />~~		The <q>tawny</q> waves from far away
	And as we walked it seemed to me~~<br />~~		<q>Purred</q> in <q>their</q> ripples at our feet.
	That three old friends had met that day,~~<br />~~		And as we walked it seemed to me
	The old, old sky, the old, old sea,~~<br />~~		That three old friends had met that day,
			The old, old sky, the old, old sea,
	And love, which is as old as they.		And love, which is as old as they.

			<q>Mark well that day, dear heart of mine,
	<q>Mark well that day, dear heart of mine,~~<br />~~		The gray below, the gold above,
	The gray below, the gold above,~~<br />~~		For so the grayest life may shine
	For so the grayest life may shine~~<br />~~		All golden in the rays of love!
	All golden in the rays of love!~~<br />~~		It's me to you and you to me,
	It's me to you and you to me,~~<br />~~		And three old friends have met to-day,
	And three old friends have met to-day,~~<br />~~		The old, old sky, the old, old sea,
	The old, old sky, the old, old sea,~~<br />~~
	And Love which is as old as they.</q>		And Love which is as old as they.</q>

	Arthur Conan-Doyle.		Arthur Conan-Doyle.
			</poem>

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	== ~~Song~~ ==		== Sheet Music ==

	<gallery mode="packed" heights="350px" caption="~~Music sheet by~~ [[Chappell & Co.]] (1919)">		<gallery mode="packed" heights="350px" caption="[[Chappell & Co.]] (1919)">
	File:chappell-1919-by-the-north-sea.jpg\|		File:chappell-1919-by-the-north-sea.jpg\|
	File:chappell-1919-p2-by-the-north-sea.jpg\| p. 2		File:chappell-1919-p2-by-the-north-sea.jpg\| p. 2

TCDE-Team at 12:21, 13 June 2025

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''By the North Sea'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Press Album]] in april 1909, and collected in [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.

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== Editions ==

* in ''[[The Press Album]]'' (april 1909 [UK]) 1 illustration: facsimile of the manuscript
* 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])
* ''By the North Sea'' (1919, [[Chappell & Co.]] [UK])
* 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])

== By the North Sea (Smith, Elder & Co., 1911) ==
[[File:smith-elder-1911-03-16-songs-of-the-road-p97-98.jpg|thumb|350px|right|[[Smith, Elder & Co.]] (16 march 1911, p. 97-98)]]

Her cheek was wet with North Sea spray, 
We walked where tide and shingle meet; 
The long waves rolled from far away 
To purr in ripples at our feet. 
And as we walked it seemed to me 
That three old friends had met that day, 
The old, old sky, the old, old sea, 
And love, which is as old as they.

Out seaward hung the brooding mist 
We saw it rolling, fold on fold, 
And marked the great Sun alchemist 
Turn all its leaden edge to gold, 
Look well, look well, oh lady mine, 
The gray below, the gold above, 
For so the grayest life may shine 
All golden in the light of love.

== By the North Sea (Chappell & Co., 1919) ==
[[File:chappell-1919-p1-by-the-north-sea.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Chappell & Co.]] (1919, p. 1)]]

<q>Our cheeks were</q> wet with North Sea spray, 
We walked where tide and shingle meet; 
The <q>tawny</q> waves from far away 
<q>Purred</q> in <q>their</q> ripples at our feet. 
And as we walked it seemed to me 
That three old friends had met that day, 
The old, old sky, the old, old sea, 
And love, which is as old as they.

<q>Mark well that day, dear heart of mine, 
The gray below, the gold above, 
For so the grayest life may shine 
All golden in the rays of love! 
It's me to you and you to me, 
And three old friends have met to-day, 
The old, old sky, the old, old sea, 
And Love which is as old as they.</q>

Arthur Conan-Doyle.

== Song ==

<gallery mode="packed" heights="350px" caption="Music sheet by [[Chappell & Co.]] (1919)">
File:chappell-1919-by-the-north-sea.jpg|
File:chappell-1919-p2-by-the-north-sea.jpg| p. 2
File:chappell-1919-p3-by-the-north-sea.jpg| p. 3
File:chappell-1919-p4-by-the-north-sea.jpg| p. 4
File:chappell-1919-p5-by-the-north-sea.jpg| p. 5
</gallery>

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