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The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
Drink with me and drink as I!
Freely welcome to my cup,
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Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
Drink with me and drink as I!
Freely welcome to my cup,
Could'st thou sip and sip it up;
Make the most of life you may;
Life is short and wears away.
A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."
A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Baby bye
Here's a fly,
Let us watch him, you and I,
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Baby bye
Here's a fly,
Let us watch him, you and I,
How he crawls
Up the walls
Yet he never falls.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss
for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt,
and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument read more
We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument and embalming of the body
of any king.
Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]
Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]
I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.
I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.