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[That little worm shall become a fly]

That little worm shall become a fly,
And sing and sting 'neath the summer sky;
Or a gnat, like that which grows in the gall
High on the oak leaf there—a ball
That the elves shall loose and toss over all
Merrily under the next new moon;—

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When it'll grow itself wings and a sting and a tune,
Stinging and singing its way into June.