If you'll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself." I have a little looking-glass upon my parlour shelf, How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes! "Sweet creature!" said the spider, "you're witty and you're wise. I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see." "Oh no, no!" said the little fly, "kind sir, that cannot be," I'm sure you're very welcome – will you please to take a slice?" I have, within my pantry, good store of all that's nice To prove the warm affection I've always felt for you? Said the cunning spider to the fly, "Dear friend, what shall I do, They never, never wake again, who sleep upon your bed!" "Oh no, no!" said the little fly, "for I've often heard it said, "There are pretty curtains drawn around, the sheets are fine and thin Īnd if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in." Will you rest upon my little bed?" said the spider to the fly. "I'm sure you must be weary, with soaring up so high, "Oh no, no!" said the little fly, "to ask me is in vain,įor who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again." The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,Īnd I have many pretty things to shew when you are there." " 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy. "Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly When Lewis Carroll was reading Alice's Adventures Under Ground for publication as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, he replaced a negro minstrel song with The Mock Turtle's Song (also known as the "Lobster Quadrille"), a parody of Howitt's poem that mimics the meter and rhyme scheme and parodies the first line, but not the subject matter, of the original. The line has been used and parodied numerous times in various works of fiction. Often misquoted as "Step into my parlour" or "Come into my parlour", it has become an aphorism, often used to indicate a false offer of help or friendship that is in fact a trap. The opening line is one of the most recognized and quoted first lines in all of English verse. The poem was published with the subtitle "A new Version of an old Story" in The New Year’s Gift and Juvenile Souvenir, which has a publication year of 1829 on its title page but, as the title would suggest, was released before New Year’s Day and was reviewed in magazines as early as October 1828. The poem is a cautionary tale against those who use flattery and charm to disguise their true intentions. The first line of the poem is "'Will you walk into my parlour?' said the Spider to the Fly." The story tells of a cunning spider who entraps a fly into its web through the use of seduction and manipulation. Kirov the tailor put a last quick tuck in position and stepped back to appraise his workmanship." The Spider and the Fly" is a poem by Mary Howitt (1799–1888), published in 1829.Experiment with a range of tuck designs.Related topics: Clothes, Hospital tuck tuck 2 noun 1 DCC a narrow flat fold of cloth sewn into a piece of clothing for decoration or to give it a special shape 2 MH a small medical operation done to make your face or stomach look flatter and younger a tummy tuck 3 British English old-fashioned FOOD cakes, sweets etc – used especially by schoolchildren the school tuck shop Examples from the Corpus tuck Fluorescent lighting was now tucked up against the high ceilings, throwing down illumination too diffuse to satisfy.Gyggle steepled his freckled fingers and tucked them under a tier of the beard.A few minutes later she pulled back her hands and tucked them between her legs.He tucked the newspaper under his arm and walked on.Luch slept quietly on a pallet in the corner, her sore arm bandaged, her baby tucked safe beside her.Here and there a grey farmhouse or cottage was tucked into a hollow.We were tucking in to our makeshift breakfast when there came a cry from the adjoining cubicle.The boys were tucked in bed, fast asleep.It was starting to get cold, and she tucked her hands into the pockets of her jeans.The problem if you tuck for too many rows is that the needle just can not hold that many loops of yarn.3 DCC to put a tuck (=special fold ) in a piece of clothing → tuck something ↔ away → tuck in → tuck somebody ↔ up → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus tuck He took the glasses off and tucked them in his pocket. 2 PUT to put something into a small space, especially in order to protect, hide, carry, or hold it tuck something behind/under/into etc something Giles was tucking his pile of books under his arm. tuck something into/under/behind etc something She tucked an unruly lock of hair behind her ear.
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