The Spider and the Fly

Versions of
The Spider and the Fly (1829/1828)
by Mary Howitt

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First published in 1829. The opening line is one of the most recognized and quoted first lines in all of English verse. "The Lobster Quadrille" in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a parody of Howitt's poem.

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Versions of The Spider and the Fly include:

"The Spider and the Fly" in School Songs (1853)
"The Spider and the Fly" in Weed's Anthology of Favourite Poems (2015)

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