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-see
As fierce as coals of fire;
A loaf of bread, a lofty hill;
A wasp, a cruel leopard;
And specks of sale as bright to see
As lambkins to a shepherd.
The Fly
Walter De La Mare
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Poem topics: fire, hair, feather, bright, bread, golden, large, glass, fierce, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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Anthony Bird: "specks of salt" is how I have always known this poem. Whats a "specks of sale".?
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