Songs of the Road/The End

by Arthur Conan Doyle

For works with similar titles, see End.

THE END

'Tell me what to get and I will get it.
⁠'Then get that picture—that—the girl in white.'
'Now tell me where you wish that I should set it.'
⁠'Lean it where I can see it—in the light.'

'If there is more, sir, you have but to say it.'
⁠'Then bring those letters—those which lie apart.'
'Here is the packet! Tell me where to lay it.'
⁠'Stoop over, nurse, and lay it on my heart.'

'Thanks for your silence, nurse! You understand me!
⁠And now I'll try to manage for myself.
But, as you go, I'll trouble you to hand me
⁠The small blue bottle there upon the shelf.

'And so farewell! I feel that I am keeping
⁠The sunlight from you; may your walk be bright!
When you return I may perchance be sleeping,
⁠So, ere you go, one hand-clasp . . . and good night!'