https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Songs_of_the_Road 2026-06-04T14:00:11Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.2 https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Songs_of_the_Road&diff=66349&oldid=prev 2017-11-19T16:12:37Z

<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Smith-elder-1911-songs-of-the-road.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Smith, Elder &amp; Co.]] (1911)]]<br /> [[File:Smith-elder-1911-songs-of-the-road-titlepage-signed.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Smith, Elder &amp; Co.]] &#039;&#039;Title Page&#039;&#039; (1911)]]<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;Songs of the Road&#039;&#039; is a volume collecting 33 poems written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published by [[Smith, Elder &amp; Co.]] on 16 march 1911.<br /> <br /> The volume is divided in three parts: <br /> * Narratives verses and songs<br /> * Philosophic verses&#039;&#039;<br /> * Miscellaneous verses<br /> <br /> The book is dedicated: &quot;To J. C. D. This-and All. February 1911.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> __TOC__<br /> <br /> <br /> == Editions ==<br /> <br /> * &#039;&#039;Songs of the Road&#039;&#039; (16 march 1911, [[Smith, Elder &amp; Co.]] [UK])<br /> * &#039;&#039;Songs of the Road&#039;&#039; (october 1911, [[Doubleday &amp; McClure Co.|Doubleday, Page &amp; Co.]] [US])<br /> * &#039;&#039;Songs of the Road&#039;&#039; (27 january 1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])<br /> * &#039;&#039;Songs of the Road&#039;&#039; (february 1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])<br /> * in &#039;&#039;[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]&#039;&#039; (21 september 1922, [[John Murray]] [UK])<br /> * in &#039;&#039;[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]&#039;&#039; (14 september 1928, [[John Murray]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;Fiction Library&#039;&#039; [UK])<br /> <br /> <br /> == Poems ==<br /> <br /> * [[#Foreword|Foreword]]<br /> <br /> === I. - Narrative Verses and Songs ===<br /> <br /> * [[A Hymn of Empire]]<br /> * [[Sir Nigel&#039;s Song]]<br /> * [[The Arab Steed]]<br /> * [[A Post-Impressionist]]<br /> * [[Empire Builders]]<br /> * [[The Groom&#039;s Encore]]<br /> * [[The Bay Horse]]<br /> * [[The Outcasts]]<br /> * [[The End]]<br /> * [[1902-1909]]<br /> * [[The Wanderer]]<br /> * [[Bendy&#039;s Sermon]]<br /> <br /> === II. - Philosophic Verses ===<br /> <br /> * [[Compensation]]<br /> * [[The Banner of Progress]]<br /> * [[Hope]]<br /> * [[Religio Medici]]<br /> * [[Man&#039;s Limitation]]<br /> * [[Mind and Matter]]<br /> * [[Darkness]]<br /> <br /> === III. - Miscellaneous Verses ===<br /> <br /> * [[A Woman&#039;s Love]]<br /> * [[By the North Sea]]<br /> * [[December&#039;s Snow]]<br /> * [[Shakespeare&#039;s Expostulation]]<br /> * [[The Empire]]<br /> * [[A Voyage]]<br /> * [[The Orphanage]]<br /> * [[Sexagenarius Loquitur]]<br /> * [[Night Voices]]<br /> * [[The Message]]<br /> * [[The Echo]]<br /> * [[Advice to a Young Author]]<br /> * [[A Lilt of the Road]]<br /> <br /> <br /> == Foreword ==<br /> <br /> If it were not for the hillocks&lt;br /&gt;<br /> You&#039;d think little of the hills;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> The rivers would seem tiny&lt;br /&gt;<br /> If it were not for the rills.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> If you never saw the brushwood&lt;br /&gt;<br /> You would under-rate the trees;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> And so you see the purpose&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Of such little rhymes as these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> Crowborough&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1911<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]</div>

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