Poem by Arthur Conan Doyle

«Songs of Action» (1898). 12. Master

   	Master went a-hunting,
      		When the leaves were falling;
   	We saw him on the bridle path,
      		We heard him gaily calling.
‘Oh master, master, come you back,
For I have dreamed a dream so black!’
   	A glint of steel from bit and heel,
      		The chestnut cantered faster;
   	A red flash seen amid the green,
      		And so good-bye to master.

   	Master came from hunting,
      		Two silent comrades bore him;
   	His eyes were dim, his face was white,
      		The mare was led before him.
‘Oh, master, master, is it thus
That you have come again to us?’
   	I held my lady’s ice-cold hand,
      		They bore the hurdle past her;
   	Why should they go so soft and slow?
      		It matters not to master.

1. «The Guards Came Through» (1919). 7. Grousing
2. «Songs of the Road» (1911). 8. The Outcasts
3. «Songs of the Road» (1911). 3. The Arab Steed
4. «Songs of the Road» (1911). 29. The Message
5. «The Guards Came Through» (1919). 13. The Athabasca Trail

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