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The Spider and the Fly

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The Spider and the Fly
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First published in 1828. The opening line is one of the most recognized and quoted first lines in all of English verse. "The Lobster Quadrille" in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a parody of Howitt's poem.

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