“What are you doing, Butterfly?”
Inquired the Honey Bee.
“You seem as fond of flowers as I,
And yet I do not see
What benefit you gain thereby.”
“Ah, gentle Sir,” said she,
“Be yours the profit they supply,
And mine the poetry.”
(John Bannister Tabb)
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