Everyday Objects; Or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History.

by W. H. Davenport Adams

Some memory that had taken flight;

Some chime of fancy, wrong or right,

Or stray invention....

"Oft do I sit by thee at ease,

And weave a web of similes,

And weave a web of similes,

Loose types of things through all degrees.

Thoughts of thy raising;

And many a fond and idle name

I give to thee, for praise or blame,