“These lovely shares, big divs., and unlim’d liability.”
“What lovely wings they’d make you! How much higher you could fly!
“For the last time, now, I ask you, pretty creature, will you buy?”
And the silly fly, intoxicated with his flattery,
Bought lots of shares with unlimited liability.
But when the time came for the dividends to be received,
The poor fly found that he had been most woefully deceived.
When he went into the parlour, quick the spider shut the door,
And tightly round him spun his web, and hurled him on the floor—
And laughed, “Ha! ha!” and said, “I’ll show you now, my pretty fly,