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4770619Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878 — On Seeing a Butterfly just Escaped from its ChrysalisJ. C. Hutchieson
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On Seeing a Butterfly Just Escaped from Its Chrysalis.
Why, lovely insect, dost thou stand, And wave thy quivering wing,As, half afraid thou went, aloft On fields of air to spring?
But now has reached thy slender form A sunbeam warm and bright,And instant thou hast upward sprung Towards the source of light.
Thus in the portals of the tomb The trembling soul shall stand,Till beams of faith and mercy point It to the promised land.
The land of peace! the land of love! Where sorrow is unknown,And songs of joy for ever float Around th' Almighty's throne!

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