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‘To a Butterfly’ by William Wordsworth is a poetic address to a butterfly. Here the poet requests it to wait a while as it reminds him of some sweet memories. Wordsworth addresses a butterfly at the beginning of the poem. He has much to talk about with the butterfly as it reminds him of his past.
Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days, The time, when, in our childish plays, My sister Emmeline and I Together chased the butterfly! A very hunter did I rush Upon the prey:--with leaps and springs I followed on from brake to bush; But she, God love her, feared to brush The dust from off its wings.
"To a Butterfly" is a lyric poem written by William Wordsworth at Town End, Grasmere, in 1802. It was first published in the collection Poems, in Two Volumes in 1807. Wordsworth wrote two poems addressing a butterfly, of which this is the first and best known.
To a Butterfly Lyrics. I. I've watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower. And, little Butterfly! indeed. I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless!-- not...
To A Butterfly. STAY near me—-do not take thy flight! A little longer stay in sight! Much converse do I find I 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! Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days,
May 4, 2024 · To a Butterfly by William Wordsworth. I’ve watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower. And, little Butterfly! indeed. I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless!–not frozen seas. More motionless! and then.
To A Butterfly (second poem) by William Wordsworth. I've watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And, little Butterfly! indeed. I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless!---not frozen seas. More motionless! and then. What joy awaits you, when the breeze. Hath found you out among the trees,
