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lurk (254 words)
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miscellany, by lurk
anacronyms, by trivet
Ships, by chained_bear
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When the ripe pears droop heavily,
The yellow wasp hums loud and long
His hot and drowsy autumn song:
A yellow flame he seems to be,
When darting suddenly from high
He lights where fallen peaches lie.
Yellow and black - this tiny thing's
A tiger-soul on elfin wings.
- William Sharp, 'The Wasp'.
Somewhere around Barnsley, I'll wager. I'll investigate further.
I'm sure there must be a British dialect in which wasp rhymes with grasp.
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant