10,316. COALSTOVE

COALSTOVE

Behind the loaf is the flower,

behind the flour is the mill,

behind the mill is the sun and the

rain, and the great Father's will.

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Before the oven is the coal-stove,

and the brick and the hearth and the

fire. Behind the forest is the tree-line,

and the sky, and the world entire.

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Before the world is the thought,

and the image, and the perfect mind.

Behind the mind is the dreamer,

and the perfect dream of Mankind.