Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Song of the Bow",
The White Company (1891); Songs of Action (1898)

What of the bow?   The bow was made in England: Of true wood, of yew-wood,   The wood of English bows;     So men who are free     Love the old yew-tree And the land where the yew-tree grows.

— Arthur Conan Doyle on Yew

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "What of the bow?   The bow was made in England: Of true wood, of yew-wood,   The wood of English bows;     So men who are free     Love the old yew-tree And the land where the yew-tree grows." in the context of "Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Song of the Bow",
The White Company (1891); Songs of Action (1898)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

About Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22 1859 – July 7 1930) was a British writer and physician, most famous as the creator of the character Sherlock Holmes.