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Songs Of The Road

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(1911)

If it were not for the hillocks

You'd think little of the hills;

The rivers would seem tiny

If it were not for the rills.

If you never saw the brushwood

You would under-rate the trees;

And so you see the purpose

Of such little rhymes as these.

--written at Crowborough, 1911.

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Subscribe for ad free access & additional features for teachers. Authors: 267, Books: 3,607, Poems & Short Stories: 4,435, Forum Members: 71,154, Forum Posts: 1,238,602, Quizzes: 344 Foreword If it were not for the hillocks You'd think little of the hills; The rivers would seem tiny If it were not for the rills. If you never saw the brushwood You would under-rate the trees; And so you see the purpose Of such little rhymes as these. Crowborough 1911 About Arthur Conan Doyle Text Summary Foreword Hymn of Empire Sir Nigel's Song The Arab Steed A Post Impressionist Empire Builders The Groom's Encore The Bay Horse The Outcasts The End 1902-1909 The Wanderer Bendy's Sermon Philosophic Verses Compensation The Banner of Progress Hope Religio Medici Man's Limitation Mind and Matter Darkness Miscellaneous Verses A Woman's Love The North Sea December's Snow Shakespeare's Expostulation The Empire A Voyage The Orphanage Sexagenarius Loquitur Night Voices The Message The Echo Advice To A Young Author A Lilt of the Road Sorry, no summary available yet. Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time. Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time.

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