THE FLY
Reading edition
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.