BUTTERFLY, I like the way you wear your wings. Show me their colors, For the light is going. Spread out their edges of gold, Before the Sandman puts me to sleep And evening murmurs by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRANES OF IBYCUS by EMMA LAZARUS THE ECHOING GREEN, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE EPIGRAM ON MY WEDDING DAY: TO PENELOPE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A DOUBTING HEART by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER DRIFTING by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ DESERT WIFE by NELLIE COOLEY ALDER THE POET'S SPEAR by ARCHILOCHUS |