“Will you walk into my parlour?” said a spider to a fly:
“‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy.”Mary Howitt (1799-1888) English poet
Poem (1828), “The Spider and the Fly,” st. 1, The New Year’s Gift and Juvenile Souvenir [ed. Mrs. Alaric Watts]
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Variant: “Step into my parlor, said the spider to the fly …”
The poem has been parodied frequently, including by Lewis Carroll's "Mock Turtle's Song." More information about this poem here.
