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A LITTLE PARABLE by JOHN CLAIR MINOT

First Line: JUST BEYOND THE TOILING TOWN
Last Line: AND SLUMBERED IN THE SHADE.

JUST beyond the toiling town
I saw a child to-day,
With busy little hands of brown
Making toys of clay.

Working there with all his heart,
Beneath the spreading trees,
He moulded with unconscious art
Whatever seemed to please.

Men and fortress, plates and pies,
All out of clay he made,
Then rubbed with chubby fists his eyes,
And slumbered in the shade.



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