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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.
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.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss
for the fly that is read more
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.
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.]
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.
I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.
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.
We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in
amber, a more than royal tomb.
We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in
amber, a more than royal tomb.
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!