With the Kindest Spirit
With the Kindest Spirit is a poem by Berton Braley published in Camden Daily Courier and The Berkshire Evening Eagle on 18 april 1922.
Editions
- in Camden Daily Courier (18 april 1922 [US])
- in The Berkshire Evening Eagle (18 april 1922 [US])
With the Kindest Spirit
We are glad to be your hosts,
Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle;
And to hear you talk of ghosts
Who have slipped this earthly coil;
We may think you are naive
In the things that you believe
But — you're earnest, we perceive,
Conan Doyle!
It's a treat when you describe,
Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle;
Habits of the spirit tribe,
How they frolic, how they toil;
How in inter-planetary
Regions spirits love and marry
With a conduct exemplary,
Conan Doyle!
We evince enthusiasm,
Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle;
When you speak of "ectoplasm"
And no ribaldry shall spoil
Anything you have to tell
As to spirits that may dwell
Up in heaven, down in hell,
Conan Doyle!
So we're pleased to have you here,
Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle;
Far be it from us to jeer
Such a pilgrim to our soil;
For if now your fancy roams
Chasing ghosts through starry domes,
And you write deep weighty tomes
Full of spiritistic toil,
Once you gave us "Sherlock Holmes."
Conan Doyle!
