...breathing perfume ; Away, little wandering thing ! Every sun-beam is stealing a tint from its hloom ; Go — wait not till day-light has faded to gloom....ramble across the blue sky. Expanding a delicate wing : I mark your vagaries — and think, with a sigh, 'Tis pity how soon, very soon, you must die, —...

...silly insect, until Thou art marked by some bird for his ravenous bill ! Away, on thy gossamer wing ! I have noted each freckle and shade of thy coat, Ev'ry...ramble across the blue sky. Expanding a delicate wing : I mark your vagaries — and think, with a sigh, Tis pity how soon, very soon, you must die, —...

...ravenous bill ; Away, on thy gossamer wing. I have noted each freckle and shade of thy coat, Ev'ry spot on thy beautiful wing ; And I hear from yon ivy a twittering note ; Go — hide in the cup*of some blossom remote ; Adieu, little fluttering thing. How gaily you ramble across the blue sky,...