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Mary Howitt. 1804-1888

Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we;

Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.

Old England is our Home.

"Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly;

"'T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy."

The Spider and the Fly.