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TO A BUTTERFLY

Stay near me—do not take thy flight!A little longer stay in sight!Much converse do I find in Thee,Historian of my Infancy!Float near me; do not yet depart!Dead times revive in thee:Thou bring'st, gay Creature as thou art!A solemn image to my heart,My Father's Family!
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