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Rh So they danced for joy, when at last he rose
 * And silently flew away.

Then little Clover bowed her head,
 * While her soft tears fell like dew;

For her gentle heart was grieved, to find
 * That her sisters' words were true,

And the insect she had watched so long
 * When helpless, poor, and lone,

Thankless for all her faithful care,
 * On his golden wings had flown.

But as she drooped, in silent grief,
 * She heard little Daisy cry,

"O sisters, look ! I see him now,
 * Afar in the sunny sky;

He is floating back from Cloud-Land now,
 * Borne by the fragrant air.

Spread wide your leaves, that he may choose
 * The flower he deems most fair."

Then the wild rose glowed with a deeper blush,
 * As she proudly waved on her stem;

The Cowslip bent to the clear blue waves,
 * And made her mirror of them.

Little Houstonia merrily danced,
 * And spread her white leaves wide;

While Daisy whispered her joy and hope,
 * As she stood by her gay friends' side.

Violet peeped from the tall green ferns,
 * And lifted her soft blue eye

To watch the glittering form, that shone
 * Afar in the summer sky.

They thought no more of the ugly worm,
 * Who once had wakened their scorn;