A Butterfly

"A Butterfly"

(included in Cliff Valentines, 1808)

Thy Valentine, on Pleasure's Wing,

Has sported in the gales of Spring,

And play'd the gay the wandring Lover.

 

Resolving now no more to roam,

He makes thy peaceful Breast his Home,

'Tis thine to Charm and Home, [fix] the Rover.