AFTER WINGS, by SARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATTPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: This was your butterfly, you see Last Line: To be a worm again! Alternate Author Name(s): Piatt, Sarah
THIS was your butterfly, you see, -- His fine wings made him vain: The caterpillars crawl, but he Passed them in rich disdain. -- My pretty boy says, "Let him be Only a worm again!"
O child, when things have learned to wear Wings once, they must be fain To keep them always high and fair: Think of the creeping pain Which even a butterfly must bear To be a worm again!
