TO A BUTTERFLY.
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O butterfly, now prancing Through the air, So glad to share The freedom of new living, Come, tell me my heart's seeking. Shall I too know After earth's throe Full freedom of my being? Shall I, as you, Through law as true, Know life of fuller meaning? O happy creature, dancing, Is time too short With pleasure fraught For you to heed my seeking? Ah, well, you've left me thinking: If here on earth A second birth Can so transform a being, Why may not I In worlds on high Be changed beyond earth's dreaming?