Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO A CATERPILLAR, by ERMA KENYON RAEBURN


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TO A CATERPILLAR, by                    
First Line: Oh, tiny crawling thing upon the vine
Last Line: Be mine the transformation so divine.
Subject(s): Freedom; Liberty


Oh, tiny crawling thing upon the vine,
How ugly, dreary, dull your passing day;
Do you not long for beauty to design
For you a form of lovely, bright array?
Do you not pray that Freedom may unbind
And break the bonds that hold you to this spot,
This lowly world to which you are confined,
A world where you are but a graceless blot?
But sometime you will soar through fields of air,
And feast on royal nectar, or entrance
The dazzled eye with gorgeous hues you bear—
As free as all the beauty you enhance.
Oh, crawling thing, your longings are as mine,
Be mine the transformation so divine.





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