How large unto the tiny fly <br />Must little things appear!- <br />A rosebud like a feather bed, <br />Its prickle like a spear; <br /> <br />A dewdrop like a looking-glass, <br />A hair like golden wire; <br />The smallest grain of mustard-see <br />As fierce as coals of fire; <br /> <br />A loaf of bread, a lofty hill; <br />A wasp, a cruel leopard; <br />And specks of sale as bright to see <br />As lambkins to a shepherd.<br /><br />Walter de la Mare<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-fly-13/
