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LINES TO A BUTTERFLY.
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        Who seeks the vanished bird,
Near the deserted nest and broken shell?
        Far thence, by us unheard,
He sings, rejoicing in the woods to dwell;
        Thou of the sunshine born,
        Take the bright wings of morn!
Thy hope springs heavenward from yon ruined cell.