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WORMS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: SILKWORMS HAVE DRESSED THE FAIREST WOMEN
Last Line: TO FILL A BOWL WITH FISH FOR SOME MAN'S TABLE.'
Subject(s): HUNGER;

Silkworms have dressed the fairest women,
Glowworms have their own starry climes;
Straight from his breakfast on a worm,
The bird begins his morning chimes.
Maggots, so fat and short,
Tapeworms, so thin and long:
'All these are able' —
Say Anglers, when they speak the truth —
'To fill a bowl with fish for some man's table.'



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