• Roses and butterflies snared on a fan,
      All that is left of a summer gone by;
    Of swift, bright wings that flashed in the sun,
      And loveliest blossoms that bloomed to die!

    By what subtle spell did you lure them here,
      Fixing a beauty that will not change,—
    Roses whose petals never will fall,
      Bright, swift wings that never will range...

  • Roses and butterflies snared on a fan,
      All that is left of summer gone by;
    Of swift, bright wings that flashed in the sun,
      And loveliest blossoms that bloomed to die!

    By what subtle spell did you lure them here,
      Fixing a beauty that will not change,—
    Roses whose petals never will fall,
      Bright, swift wings that never will range...