This was your butterfly, you see- His fine wings made him vain: The caterpillars crawl, but he Passed them in rich disdain.- My pretty boy says, "Let him be Only a worm again! (Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt)

This was your butterfly, you see- His fine wings made him vain: The caterpillars crawl, but he Passed them in rich disdain.- My pretty boy says, "Let him be Only a worm again!

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

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