Poem by Arthur Conan Doyle

«Songs of Action» (1898). 24. 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. 

1. «Songs of the Road» (1911). 14. The Banner of Progress
2. «The Guards Came Through» (1919). 20. Retrospect
3. «Songs of the Road» (1911). 26. The Orphanage
4. «Songs of the Road» (1911). 29. The Message
5. «Songs of the Road» (1911). 17. Man's Limitation

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