By the North Sea
By the North Sea is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Press Album in april 1909, and collected in Songs of the Road on 16 march 1911.
Editions
- in The Press Album (april 1909 [UK]) 1 illustration: facsimile of the manuscript
- in Songs of the Road (16 march 1911, Smith, Elder & Co. [UK])
- in Songs of the Road (october 1911, Doubleday, Page & Co. [US])
- By the North Sea (1919, Chappell & Co. [UK])
- 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])
By the North Sea (Smith, Elder & Co., 1911)
Her cheek was wet with North Sea spray,
We walked where tide and shingle meet;
The long waves rolled from far away
To purr in ripples at our feet.
And as we walked it seemed to me
That three old friends had met that day,
The old, old sky, the old, old sea,
And love, which is as old as they.
Out seaward hung the brooding mist
We saw it rolling, fold on fold,
And marked the great Sun alchemist
Turn all its leaden edge to gold,
Look well, look well, oh lady mine,
The gray below, the gold above,
For so the grayest life may shine
All golden in the light of love.
By the North Sea (Chappell & Co., 1919)
Our cheeks were
wet with North Sea spray,
We walked where tide and shingle meet;
The tawny
waves from far away
Purred
in their
ripples at our feet.
And as we walked it seemed to me
That three old friends had met that day,
The old, old sky, the old, old sea,
And love, which is as old as they.
Mark well that day, dear heart of mine,
The gray below, the gold above,
For so the grayest life may shine
All golden in the rays of love!
It's me to you and you to me,
And three old friends have met to-day,
The old, old sky, the old, old sea,
And Love which is as old as they.
Arthur Conan-Doyle.
Sheet Music
- Chappell & Co. (1919)
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