Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BUTTERFLY, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO


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First Line: When the gorgeous butterfly / in the jubilee of spring
Last Line: By perfidious pleasure's thorn!
Subject(s): Butterflies; Insects; Bugs


When the gorgeous butterfly
In the jubilee of spring
Floats voluptuously by,
Borne on gold and purple wing:
Oft those damask wings are torn
By the faithless rose's thorn.

So—when life is fresh and gay,
Mortals, with capricious joy,
Flutter heedlessly away,
Whither fairest flowers decoy:
Soon, alas! their wings are torn
By perfidious Pleasure's thorn!





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