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House or Window Flies - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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House or Window Flies

By John ClareSource: John Clare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)107 words

These little window dwellers, in cottages and halls, were always

entertaining to me; after dancing in the window all day from sunrise

to sunset they would sip of the tea, drink of the beer, and eat of the

sugar, and be welcome all summer long. They look like things of mind

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