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.

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so read more

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum,
And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go
on,
While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so
on.

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.

"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."

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.]