I'd Be a Butterfly

DESCRIPTION: "I'd be a Butterfly born in a bower, Where roses and lilies and violets meet; Roving for ever from flower to flower." "O could I pilfer the wand of a fairy," the singer would use it to gain wings. It means "Dying when fair things are fading away"
AUTHOR: Thomas Haynes Bayly (source: PoetryNook.com)
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (MeetMeInTheLaneSongster)
KEYWORDS: love bug | fairy butterfly
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
MeetMeInTheLaneSongster, p. 9, "I'd Be a Butterfly" (1 text)
Roud #24438
File: MMLS009

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