Little Fly,  
  Thy summer's play  
  My thoughtless hand  
  Has brushed away.  
   
  Am not I  
  A fly like thee?  
  Or art not thou  
  A man like me?  
   
  For I dance,  
  And drink, and sing,  
  Till some blind hand  
  Shall brush my wing.
The Fly, st. 1–3 - Songs of Experience (1794)



















