TO A BUTTERFLY

TO A BUTTERFLY

BUTTERFLY,Flutter by,Under and over,Haunting the clover,Each flashing wingFashioningQuivering glories,Luminous stories!Life in a miniature!Swiftly to win a pureRealm of ideals,Hoping it heals.The best, the bestIs the endless quest.Is hopefulness vainTo feel or to feign?Know you not, save to say:"It is glittering, glittering day,—"The sun to me sings,Beauty dowers my wings,All of joy I attain."—Flutter by,Butterfly!

BUTTERFLY,Flutter by,Under and over,Haunting the clover,Each flashing wingFashioningQuivering glories,Luminous stories!Life in a miniature!Swiftly to win a pureRealm of ideals,Hoping it heals.The best, the bestIs the endless quest.Is hopefulness vainTo feel or to feign?Know you not, save to say:"It is glittering, glittering day,—"The sun to me sings,Beauty dowers my wings,All of joy I attain."—Flutter by,Butterfly!

BUTTERFLY,Flutter by,Under and over,Haunting the clover,Each flashing wingFashioningQuivering glories,Luminous stories!

BUTTERFLY,

Flutter by,

Under and over,

Haunting the clover,

Each flashing wing

Fashioning

Quivering glories,

Luminous stories!

Life in a miniature!Swiftly to win a pureRealm of ideals,Hoping it heals.

Life in a miniature!

Swiftly to win a pure

Realm of ideals,

Hoping it heals.

The best, the bestIs the endless quest.

The best, the best

Is the endless quest.

Is hopefulness vainTo feel or to feign?Know you not, save to say:"It is glittering, glittering day,—"The sun to me sings,Beauty dowers my wings,All of joy I attain."—Flutter by,Butterfly!

Is hopefulness vain

To feel or to feign?

Know you not, save to say:

"It is glittering, glittering day,—

"The sun to me sings,

Beauty dowers my wings,

All of joy I attain."—

Flutter by,

Butterfly!


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