Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
Drink with me and drink as I!
Freely welcome to my cup,
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Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
Drink with me and drink as I!
Freely welcome to my cup,
Could'st thou sip and sip it up;
Make the most of life you may;
Life is short and wears away.

We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in
amber, a more than royal tomb.

We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in
amber, a more than royal tomb.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss
for the fly that is read more

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss
for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt,
and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree
of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a read more

It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree
of the chariot-wheel, and said, What a dust do I raise!

A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."

A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]

I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.

I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried.

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.

We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument read more

We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument and embalming of the body
of any king.