How large unto the tiny fly Must little things appear! -- A rosebud like a feather bed, Its prickle like a spear; A dewdrop like a looking-glass, A hair like golden wire; The smallest grain of mustard-seed As fierce as coals of fire; A loaf of bread, a lofty hill; A wasp, a cruel leopard; And specks of salt as bright to see As lambkins to a shepherd.
Two Unison Songs
Song Cycle by Eileen Belchamber
?. The fly [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The fly", appears in Songs of Childhood, first published 1902
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Language: English
Why does he still keep ticking? Why does his round white face Stare at me over the books and ink, And mock at my disgrace? Why does that thrush call, 'Dunce, dunce, dunce!'? Why does that bluebottle buzz? Why does the sun so silent shine? -- And what do I care if it does?
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The dunce", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 8, first published 1913
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