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	''To my Lady'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]] by [[John Murray]] on 21 september 1922.		''To my Lady'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]] by [[John Murray]] on 21 september 1922.


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	== To my Lady ==		== To my Lady ==

	"Which of these four," the Angel said,~~<br />~~		<poem>
	"Will be your life-long choice,~~<br />~~		"Which of these four," the Angel said,
	The maiden with the kindest heart.~~<br />~~		"Will be your life-long choice,
	Or with the sweetest voice,~~<br />~~		The maiden with the kindest heart.
	Or she who has the dearest form,~~<br />~~		Or with the sweetest voice,
	With every gentle grace,~~<br />~~		Or she who has the dearest form,
	Or she who shows the noblest soul~~<br />~~		With every gentle grace,
			Or she who shows the noblest soul
	Upon the loveliest face ?"		Upon the loveliest face ?"

			Lost in deepest thought I sat,
	Lost in deepest thought I sat,~~<br />~~		And viewed these maidens four,
	And viewed these maidens four,~~<br />~~		And first chose this and then chose that,
	And first chose this and then chose that,~~<br />~~		And doubted more and more ;
	And doubted more and more ;~~<br />~~		A kindly heart is treasure trove,
	A kindly heart is treasure trove,~~<br />~~		A perfect voice is rare,
	A perfect voice is rare,~~<br />~~		A graceful form is Heaven's gift
	A graceful form is Heaven's gift~~<br />~~
	And so is beauty rare.		And so is beauty rare.

			The Angel laughed to see my doubt
	The Angel laughed to see my doubt~~<br />~~		And laid his hand on me.
	And laid his hand on me.~~<br />~~		He smoothed the puzzled wrinkles out,
	He smoothed the puzzled wrinkles out,~~<br />~~		"I'll set it right," said he,
	"I'll set it right," said he,~~<br />~~		"Each of the four you wish as mate ;
	"Each of the four you wish as mate ;~~<br />~~		Since that can not be done.
	Since that can not be done.~~<br />~~		This lady saves you all debate.
	This lady saves you all debate.~~<br />~~
	By being all in one."		By being all in one."
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 11:52, 18 August 2016

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''To my Lady'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]] by [[John Murray]] on 21 september 1922.

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== Editions ==

* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]] - Collected Edition'' (21 september 1922, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]] - Collected Edition'' (14 september 1928, [[John Murray]] [UK])

== To my Lady ==

"Which of these four," the Angel said, 
"Will be your life-long choice, 
The maiden with the kindest heart. 
Or with the sweetest voice, 
Or she who has the dearest form, 
With every gentle grace, 
Or she who shows the noblest soul 
Upon the loveliest face ?"

Lost in deepest thought I sat, 
And viewed these maidens four, 
And first chose this and then chose that, 
And doubted more and more ; 
A kindly heart is treasure trove, 
A perfect voice is rare, 
A graceful form is Heaven's gift 
And so is beauty rare.

The Angel laughed to see my doubt 
And laid his hand on me. 
He smoothed the puzzled wrinkles out, 
"I'll set it right," said he, 
"Each of the four you wish as mate ; 
Since that can not be done. 
This lady saves you all debate. 
By being all in one."

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