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TO A BUTTERFLY.

I've watch'd you now a full half hour,Self-pois'd upon that yellow flower;And, little Butterfly! indeedI know not if you sleep, or feed.How motionless! not frozen seasMore motionless! and thenWhat joy awaits you, when the breezeHath found you out among the trees,And calls you forth again!
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