How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and other wood-cuts/The Gent-ians; The Lady-bird

by Robert Williams Wood

The reason why this beetle gay,
Is called the Lady-bird, they say,
Is just because he wastes his hours,
In running after pretty flowers,
Who, quite regardless of conventions,
Most openly invite attentions.
(And hence are aptly termed the Gent-ians.)