A Parable (poem 1919)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
A Parable is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Guards Came Through and Other Poems on 16 december 1919. The poem is also known as "The Holy Grail" in 1925.
Conan Doyle wrote another poem with the same name A Parable published in 1898.
Editions
- in The Guards Came Through and Other Poems (16 december 1919, John Murray [UK])
- in The Guards Came Through and Other Poems (1920, George H. Doran Co. [US])
- in The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle (1922-1928, John Murray [UK])
- in One Thousand Beautiful Things — Chosen from the Life and Literature of the World, by Arthur Mee (1925, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. [UK]) as The Holy Grail
A Parable
High-Brow House was furnished well
With many a goblet fair;
So when they brought the Holy Grail,
There was never a space to spare.
Simple Cottage was clear and clean,
With room to store at will ;
So there they laid the Holy Grail,
And there you'll find it still.
