Original Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Songs of the Road" is a collection of writer"s some of the best poems. It also includes Narrative Verses and Songs and Philosophic Verses, such as "A Hymn of Empire", "Sir Nigel"s Song", "Religo Medici", and other poems.