August 23, 2023 at 11:16 am #140273
“Thou spark of life that wavest wings of gold,
Thou songless wanderer mid the songful birds,
With Nature’s secrets in thy tints unrolled
Through gorgeous cipher, past the reach of words,
Yet dear to every child
In glad pursuit beguiled,
Living her unspoiled days mid flowers and flocks and herds!”
Ode To A Butterfly by Thomas Wentworth Higginson