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	''Mind and Matter'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.		''Mind and Matter'' 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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	== Mind and Matter ==		== Mind and Matter ==

	Great was his soul and high his aim,~~<br />~~		<poem>
	He viewed the world, and he could trace~~<br />~~		Great was his soul and high his aim,
	A lofty plan to leave his name~~<br />~~		He viewed the world, and he could trace
	Immortal 'mid the human race.~~<br />~~		A lofty plan to leave his name
	But as he planned, and as he worked,~~<br />~~		Immortal 'mid the human race.
			But as he planned, and as he worked,
	The fungus spore within him lurked.		The fungus spore within him lurked.

			Though dark the present and the past,
	Though dark the present and the past,~~<br />~~		The future seemed a sunlit thing.
	The future seemed a sunlit thing.~~<br />~~		Still ever deeper and more vast,
	Still ever deeper and more vast,~~<br />~~		The changes that he hoped to bring.
	The changes that he hoped to bring.~~<br />~~		His was the will to dare and do;
	His was the will to dare and do;~~<br />~~
	But still the stealthy fungus grew.		But still the stealthy fungus grew.

			Alas the plans that came to nought!
	Alas the plans that came to nought!~~<br />~~		Alas the soul that thrilled in vain!
	Alas the soul that thrilled in vain!~~<br />~~		The sunlit future that he sought
	The sunlit future that he sought~~<br />~~		Was but a mirage of the brain.
	Was but a mirage of the brain.~~<br />~~		Where now the wit? Where now the will?
	Where now the wit? Where now the will?~~<br />~~
	The fungus is the master still.		The fungus is the master still.
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 11:34, 22 July 2016

2016-07-22T11:34:33Z

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''Mind and Matter'' 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])

== Mind and Matter ==

Great was his soul and high his aim, 
He viewed the world, and he could trace 
A lofty plan to leave his name 
Immortal 'mid the human race. 
But as he planned, and as he worked, 
The fungus spore within him lurked.

Though dark the present and the past, 
The future seemed a sunlit thing. 
Still ever deeper and more vast, 
The changes that he hoped to bring. 
His was the will to dare and do; 
But still the stealthy fungus grew.

Alas the plans that came to nought! 
Alas the soul that thrilled in vain! 
The sunlit future that he sought 
Was but a mirage of the brain. 
Where now the wit? Where now the will? 
The fungus is the master still.

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