Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PARLOR AND THE FLY, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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THE PARLOR AND THE FLY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Will you walk into the spider?
Last Line: "he will have no room to spin."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Insects; Spiders; Bugs


"Will you walk into the Spider?"
Said the Parlor to the Fly;
"He's the emptiest little spider
That ever you did spy.

"And he covers me with cobweb;
So I want you to go in;
For -- his lower chamber furnished --
He will have no room to spin."





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