Songs of Action by Arthur Conan Doyle - HTML preview

A PARABLE

The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there,
    And warmly debated the matter;
 The Orthodox said that it came from the air,
    And the Heretics said from the platter.
 They argued it long and they argued it strong,
    And I hear they are arguing now;
 But of all the choice spirits who lived in the cheese,
    Not one of them thought of a cow,