| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 29153 |
| QUOTATION: | And now, dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly, flattering words, I pray you ne’er give heed;
Unto an evil counselor close heart, and ear, and eye,
And take a lesson from this tale of the Spider and the Fly. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Mary Howitt (1799–1888), poet. The Spider and the Fly (l. 41–44). . .
Oxford Book of Children’s Verse, The. Iona Opie and Peter Opie, eds. (1973) Oxford University Press. |
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