I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.

I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.

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."

Baby bye
Here's a fly,
Let us watch him, you and I,
How he read more

Baby bye
Here's a fly,
Let us watch him, you and I,
How he crawls
Up the walls
Yet he never falls.

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.]

Oh! that the memories which survive us here
Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!
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Oh! that the memories which survive us here
Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!
Pure relics of a blameless life, that shine
Now thou art gone.

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.]

It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree
of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a read more

It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree
of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a dust do I raise!