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"I cannot raise my worth too high;
Of what vast consequence am I!"
"Not of the importance read more
"I cannot raise my worth too high;
Of what vast consequence am I!"
"Not of the importance you suppose,"
Replies a Flea upon his nose;
"Be humble, learn thyself to scan;
Know, pride was never made for man."
So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still read more
So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em,
And so proceed ad infinitum.
Thus every poet in his kind
Is bit by him that comes behind.
It was many and many a year ago,
In a District styled E.C.,
That a monster dwelt read more
It was many and many a year ago,
In a District styled E.C.,
That a monster dwelt whom I cam to know
By the name of Cannibal Flea,
And the brute was possessed with no other thought
Than to live--and to live on me.
Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer,
And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.
Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer,
And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.
A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light,
And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite."
A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light,
And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite."
I do honour the very flea of his dog.
I do honour the very flea of his dog.
Panurge had a flea in his ear.
[Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.]
Panurge had a flea in his ear.
[Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.]