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

	There's a banner in our van,~~<br />~~		<poem>
	And we follow as we can,~~<br />~~		There's a banner in our van,
	For at times we scarce can see it,~~<br />~~		And we follow as we can,
	And at times it flutters high.~~<br />~~		For at times we scarce can see it,
	But however it be flown,~~<br />~~		And at times it flutters high.
	Still we know it as our own,~~<br />~~		But however it be flown,
	And we follow, ever follow,~~<br />~~		Still we know it as our own,
			And we follow, ever follow,
	Where we see the banner fly.		Where we see the banner fly.

			In the struggle and the strife,
	In the struggle and the strife,~~<br />~~		In the weariness of life,
	In the weariness of life,~~<br />~~		The banner-man may stumble,
	The banner-man may stumble,~~<br />~~		He may falter in the fight.
	He may falter in the fight.~~<br />~~		But if one should fail or slip,
	But if one should fail or slip,~~<br />~~		There are other hands to grip,
	There are other hands to grip,~~<br />~~		And it's forward, ever forward,
	And it's forward, ever forward,~~<br />~~
	From the darkness to the light.		From the darkness to the light.
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 22:14, 27 March 2025

2025-03-27T22:14:41Z

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''The Banner of Progress'' 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 ''One Thousand Beautiful Things — Chosen from the Life and Literature of the World'', by Arthur Mee (1925, [[Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.]] [UK]) as ''And We Follow, Ever Follow''
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (14 september 1928, [[John Murray]]'s ''Fiction Library'' [UK])

== The Banner of Progress ==

There's a banner in our van, 
And we follow as we can, 
For at times we scarce can see it, 
And at times it flutters high. 
But however it be flown, 
Still we know it as our own, 
And we follow, ever follow, 
Where we see the banner fly.

In the struggle and the strife, 
In the weariness of life, 
The banner-man may stumble, 
He may falter in the fight. 
But if one should fail or slip, 
There are other hands to grip, 
And it's forward, ever forward, 
From the darkness to the light.

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