Excerpt from In Sun or Shade: Poems The Butterfly A Reading of Grieg's Papillon (to L. W. A.) Flattering, springing, Poising, and flinging Wings of black and of brown and yellow; In shade and gloom, In the sunshine mellow, On blossom and bloom; Now here, now there, On earth, in air; Wildly lost in delirious motion, Changeful as ocean; Drunk with the frightful, Subtly delightful spirit of Life; Laughing in strife Of tiniest muscles with zephyr and Of warm sweet air And the roses above and below in a whirl Of roses everywhere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.