Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Joseph Skipsey b. 1832The Butterfly
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The urchin chas’d; and, when at last
He caught it in my lady’s bower,
He cried, “Ha, ha!” and held it fast.
When looking at the prize he’d caught
He found he had to ruin swept
The very glory he had sought.