Rhymes For Chanting
Joanna Baillie 1762 (Bothwell) – 1851 (Hampstead)
BUTTERFLY, butterfly, speed through the air,
The ring-bird follows thee fast,
And the monkey looks up with a greedy stare;
Speed on till the peril be past!
O, wert thou but safe in my garden bower,
And wouldst thou no further stray,
Thou shouldst feed on the rose and the gilliflower,
And be my play-mate gay.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | ABAB XCAC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 310 |
| Words | 58 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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