Nature’s Oven

The brain is like an oven, hot and dry,
Which bakes all sorts of fancies, low and high.
The thoughts are wood, which motion sets on fire;
The tongue a peel; the hand which draws,¹ desire.
By² thinking much, the brain too hot will grow               5
And burn them³ up; if cold, fancies⁴ are dough.

1. the hand which draws,] which drawes forth the 1653
2. By] But 1653
3. burn them] burnes it 1653
4. fancies] the Thoughts 1653