'The blue fly sung in the pane.' -- TENNYSON. TOILING in Town now is 'horrid,' (There is that woman again!) -- June in the zenith is torrid, Thought gets dry in the brain. There is that woman again: 'Strawberries! fourpence a pottle!' Thought gets dry in the brain; Ink gets dry in the bottle. 'Strawberries! fourpence a pottle!' Oh for the green of a lane! -- Ink gets dry in the bottle; 'Buzz' goes a fly in the pane! Oh for the green of a lane, Where one might lie and be lazy! 'Buzz' goes a fly in the pane; Bluebottles drive me crazy! Where one might lie and be lazy, Careless of Town and all in it! -- Bluebottles drive me crazy: I shall go mad in a minute! Careless of Town and all in it, With some one to soothe and to still you; -- I shall go mad in a minute; Bluebottle, then I shall kill you! With some one to soothe and to still you, As only one's feminine kin do, -- Bluebottle, then I shall kill you: There now! I've broken the window! As only one's feminine kin do, -- Some muslin-clad Mabel or May! -- There now! I've broken the window! Bluebottle's off and away! Some muslin-clad Mabel or May, To dash one with eau de Cologne; -- Bluebottle's off and away; And why should I stay here alone! To dash one with eau de Cologne, All over one's eminent forehead; -- And why should I stay here alone! Toiling in Town now is 'horrid.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE: THE MEDITERRANEAN by GEORGE SANTAYANA FOR LAUREL AND HARDY ON MY WORKROOM WALL by DAVID WAGONER AELLA: THE MINSTREL'S SONG by THOMAS CHATTERTON ODE TO TRANQUILLITY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE VIRGILS GNAT: DEDICATORY SONNET by EDMUND SPENSER THE SUPPLIANTS: THE WORLD'S HARMONIOUS PLAN by AESCHYLUS AUNT CAROLINE by ANNYE LEWIS ALLISON DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: BRIDAL SONG AND DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |