All beginnings conclude with the middle This hole in the roof And all that grass to roll The poetry of life If only these flowers could think In this night so dark Lend me your lantern Along this road so dusty The rain fell in torrents Floating in a great pool of water Consoled by the reflection Then he wiped his eyes A great loss to every one Gave a whisk with his tail Went back into his hole - in the roof And the storm grew Lost in its way