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-seed As fierce as coals of fire; A loaf of bread, a lofty hill; A wasp, a cruel leopard; And specks of salt as bright to see As lambkins to a shepherd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE LIFE OF MAN by WALTER RALEIGH WASHINGTON'S MONUMENT, FEBRUARY, 1885 by WALT WHITMAN THIS IS NOT I by FRANCES DAVIS ADAMS NIOBE: INEXORABLE DEATH by AESCHYLUS THE GUERDON by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH LADY-SLIPPER by STELLA PFEIFFER BAISCH PETITION OF A SCHOOLBOY TO HIS FATHER by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |