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

	"Tell me what to get and I will get it."~~<br />~~		<poem>
	"Then get that picture — that — the girl in white."~~<br />~~		"Tell me what to get and I will get it."
	"Now tell me where you wish that I should set it."~~<br />~~		"Then get that picture — that — the girl in white."
			"Now tell me where you wish that I should set it."
	"Lean it where I can see it — in the light."		"Lean it where I can see it — in the light."

			"If there is more, sir, you have but to say it."
	"If there is more, sir, you have but to say it."~~<br />~~		"Then bring those letters — those which lie apart."
	"Then bring those letters — those which lie apart."~~<br />~~		"Here is the packet! Tell me where to lay it."
	"Here is the packet! Tell me where to lay it."~~<br />~~
	"Stoop over, nurse, and lay it on my heart."		"Stoop over, nurse, and lay it on my heart."

			"Thanks for your silence, nurse! You understand me!
	"Thanks for your silence, nurse! You understand me!~~<br />~~		And now I'll try to manage for myself.
	And now I'll try to manage for myself.~~<br />~~		But, as you go, I'll trouble you to hand me
	But, as you go, I'll trouble you to hand me~~<br />~~
	The small blue bottle there upon the shelf.		The small blue bottle there upon the shelf.

			"And so farewell! I feel that I am keeping
	"And so farewell! I feel that I am keeping~~<br />~~		The sunlight from you; may your walk be bright!
	The sunlight from you; may your walk be bright!~~<br />~~		When you return I may perchance be sleeping,
	When you return I may perchance be sleeping,~~<br />~~
	So, ere you go, one hand-clasp and good night!"		So, ere you go, one hand-clasp and good night!"
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 15:35, 21 July 2016

2016-07-21T15:35:02Z

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''The End'' 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])

== The End ==

"Tell me what to get and I will get it." 
"Then get that picture — that — the girl in white." 
"Now tell me where you wish that I should set it." 
"Lean it where I can see it — in the light."

"If there is more, sir, you have but to say it." 
"Then bring those letters — those which lie apart." 
"Here is the packet! Tell me where to lay it." 
"Stoop over, nurse, and lay it on my heart."

"Thanks for your silence, nurse! You understand me! 
And now I'll try to manage for myself. 
But, as you go, I'll trouble you to hand me 
The small blue bottle there upon the shelf.

"And so farewell! I feel that I am keeping 
The sunlight from you; may your walk be bright! 
When you return I may perchance be sleeping, 
So, ere you go, one hand-clasp and good night!"

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* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]

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