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

	Three women stood by the river's flood~~<br />~~		<poem>
	In the gas-lamp's murky light,~~<br />~~		Three women stood by the river's flood
	A devil watched them on the left,~~<br />~~		In the gas-lamp's murky light,
			A devil watched them on the left,
	And an angel on the right.		And an angel on the right.

			The clouds of lead flowed overhead;
	The clouds of lead flowed overhead;~~<br />~~		The leaden stream below;
	The leaden stream below;~~<br />~~		They marvelled much, that outcast three,
	They marvelled much, that outcast three,~~<br />~~
	Why Fate should use them so.		Why Fate should use them so.

			Said one: "I have a mother dear,
	Said one: "I have a mother dear,~~<br />~~		Who lieth ill abed,
	Who lieth ill abed,~~<br />~~		And by my sin the wage I win
	And by my sin the wage I win~~<br />~~
	From which she hath her bread."		From which she hath her bread."

			Said one: "I am an outcast's child,
	Said one: "I am an outcast's child,~~<br />~~		And such I came on earth.
	And such I came on earth.~~<br />~~		If me ye blame, for this my shame,
	If me ye blame, for this my shame,~~<br />~~
	Whom blame ye for my birth?"		Whom blame ye for my birth?"

			The third she sank a sin-blotched face,
	The third she sank a sin-blotched face,~~<br />~~		And prayed that she might rest,
	And prayed that she might rest,~~<br />~~		In the weary flow of the stream below,
	In the weary flow of the stream below,~~<br />~~
	As on her mother's breast.		As on her mother's breast.

			Now past there came a godly man,
	Now past there came a godly man,~~<br />~~		Of goodly stock and blood,
	Of goodly stock and blood,~~<br />~~		And as he passed one frown he cast
	And as he passed one frown he cast~~<br />~~
	At that sad sisterhood.		At that sad sisterhood.

			Sorely it grieved that godly man,
	Sorely it grieved that godly man,~~<br />~~		To see so foul a sight,
	To see so foul a sight,~~<br />~~		He turned his face, and strode apace,
	He turned his face, and strode apace,~~<br />~~
	And left them to the night.		And left them to the night.

			But the angel drew her sisters three,
	But the angel drew her sisters three,~~<br />~~		Within her pinions' span,
	Within her pinions' span,~~<br />~~		And the crouching devil slunk away
	And the crouching devil slunk away~~<br />~~
	To join the godly man.		To join the godly man.
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 15:35, 21 July 2016

2016-07-21T15:35:16Z

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''The Outcasts'' 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 Outcasts ==

Three women stood by the river's flood 
In the gas-lamp's murky light, 
A devil watched them on the left, 
And an angel on the right.

The clouds of lead flowed overhead; 
The leaden stream below; 
They marvelled much, that outcast three, 
Why Fate should use them so.

Said one: "I have a mother dear, 
Who lieth ill abed, 
And by my sin the wage I win 
From which she hath her bread."

Said one: "I am an outcast's child, 
And such I came on earth. 
If me ye blame, for this my shame, 
Whom blame ye for my birth?"

The third she sank a sin-blotched face, 
And prayed that she might rest, 
In the weary flow of the stream below, 
As on her mother's breast.

Now past there came a godly man, 
Of goodly stock and blood, 
And as he passed one frown he cast 
At that sad sisterhood.

Sorely it grieved that godly man, 
To see so foul a sight, 
He turned his face, and strode apace, 
And left them to the night.

But the angel drew her sisters three, 
Within her pinions' span, 
And the crouching devil slunk away 
To join the godly man.

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