Mr. Punch's Personalities. XII. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Mr. Punch's Personalities. XII. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a poem published in Punch magazine on 12 may 1926, accompanied by a big illustration by Bernard Partridge showing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle enchained to his creature (Sherlock Holmes).
Mr. Punch's Personalities. XII. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
XII. — SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
Your own creation, that great sleuth,
Who spent his life in chasing Truth—
How does he view your late defiance
(O Arthur!) of the laws of Science?
He disapproves your strange vagaries,
Your spooks and photographs of fairies;
And holds you foot-cuffed when you're fain
To navigate the vast inane.
We sympathise with Holmes; and yet
In Punch's heart your name is set;
Of every DOYLE he's still a lover
For DICKY'S sake, who did his cover.
