蝿を蝕む

トロイの娘さんは巨大な蝿に虫酸が走った。幾つかを泥に埋め、幾つかを蒸し殺し、幾つかを筵に巻き、それを担いでトロイに帰った。

There was a Young Lady of Troy,
Whom several large flies did annoy;
Some she killed with a thump,
Some she drowned at the pump,
And some she took with her to Troy.

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