Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFTER WINGS, by SARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATT


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First Line: This was your butterfly, you see
Last Line: To be a worm again!
Alternate Author Name(s): Piatt, Sarah


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!"

O child, when things have learned to wear
Wings once, they must be fain
To keep them always high and fair:
Think of the creeping pain
Which even a butterfly must bear
To be a worm again!





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