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	== Sir Nigel's Song ==		== Sir Nigel's Song ==

	A sword! A sword! Ah, give me a sword!~~<br />~~		<poem>
	For the world is all to win.~~<br />~~		A sword! A sword! Ah, give me a sword!
	Though the way be hard and the door be barred,~~<br />~~		For the world is all to win.
	The strong man enters in.~~<br />~~		Though the way be hard and the door be barred,
	If Chance or Fate still hold the gate,~~<br />~~		The strong man enters in.
	Give me the iron key,~~<br />~~		If Chance or Fate still hold the gate,
	And turret high, my plume shall fly,~~<br />~~		Give me the iron key,
			And turret high, my plume shall fly,
	Or you may weep for me!		Or you may weep for me!

			A horse! A horse! Ah, give me a horse,
	A horse! A horse! Ah, give me a horse,~~<br />~~		To bear me out afar,
	To bear me out afar,~~<br />~~		Where blackest need and grimmest deed,
	Where blackest need and grimmest deed,~~<br />~~		And sweetest perils are.
	And sweetest perils are.~~<br />~~		Hold thou my ways from glutted days,
	Hold thou my ways from glutted days,~~<br />~~		Where poisoned leisure lies,
	Where poisoned leisure lies,~~<br />~~		And point the path of tears and wrath
	And point the path of tears and wrath~~<br />~~
	Which mounts to high emprise.		Which mounts to high emprise.

			A heart! A heart! Ah, give me a heart,
	A heart! A heart! Ah, give me a heart,~~<br />~~		To rise to circumstance!
	To rise to circumstance!~~<br />~~		Serene and high, and bold to try
	Serene and high, and bold to try~~<br />~~		The hazard of a chance.
	The hazard of a chance.~~<br />~~		With strength to wait, but fixed as fate,
	With strength to wait, but fixed as fate,~~<br />~~		To plan and dare and do;
	To plan and dare and do;~~<br />~~		The peer of all — and only thrall,
	The peer of all — and only thrall,~~<br />~~
	Sweet lady mine, to you!		Sweet lady mine, to you!

			The hazard of the chance,
	The hazard of the chance,~~<br />~~		With strength to wait
	With strength to wait~~<br />~~		But fixed as fate
	But fixed as fate~~<br />~~		To plain and dare and do,
	To plain and dare and do,~~<br />~~		The peer of all,
	The peer of all,~~<br />~~		And only thrall
	And only thrall~~<br />~~
	Sweet lady mine to you.		Sweet lady mine to you.

	: A. Conan Doyle		: A. Conan Doyle
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 16:32, 2 July 2022

2022-07-02T16:32:17Z

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[[File:the-nassau-press-1899-07-souvenir-of-the-charing-cross-hospital-bazaar-p79-a-soldier-s-prayer.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[The Nassau Press]] (1899)]]
[[File:edwin-ashdown-1907-sir-nigel-s-song.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Edwin Ashdown (1907)]]

''Sir Nigel's Song'' (originally published as ''A Soldier's Prayer'') is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Nassau Press]] in july 1899.

The last strophe (manuscript in The Nassau Press) wasn't published in the collected volumes.

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== Editions ==

* in ''Souvenir of the Charing Cross Hospital Bazaar'' (july 1899, [[The Nassau Press]] [UK]) as ''A Soldier's Prayer'' (1 photo)
* ''Sir Nigel's Song'' (1907, Edwin Ashdown [UK])
* 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])

== Sir Nigel's Song ==

A sword! A sword! Ah, give me a sword! 
For the world is all to win. 
Though the way be hard and the door be barred, 
The strong man enters in. 
If Chance or Fate still hold the gate, 
Give me the iron key, 
And turret high, my plume shall fly, 
Or you may weep for me!

A horse! A horse! Ah, give me a horse, 
To bear me out afar, 
Where blackest need and grimmest deed, 
And sweetest perils are. 
Hold thou my ways from glutted days, 
Where poisoned leisure lies, 
And point the path of tears and wrath 
Which mounts to high emprise.

A heart! A heart! Ah, give me a heart, 
To rise to circumstance! 
Serene and high, and bold to try 
The hazard of a chance. 
With strength to wait, but fixed as fate, 
To plan and dare and do; 
The peer of all — and only thrall, 
Sweet lady mine, to you!

The hazard of the chance, 
With strength to wait 
But fixed as fate 
To plain and dare and do, 
The peer of all, 
And only thrall 
Sweet lady mine to you.

: A. Conan Doyle

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