The Boy, The Mother, And The Butterfly

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Title:     The Boy, The Mother, And The Butterfly
Author: Charles Lamb [More Titles by Lamb]

[1827]

Young William held the Butterfly in chase,
And it was pretty to observe the race
Betwixt the Fly and Child, who nigh had caught him
But for a merry jest his Mother taught him.
"My valiant Huntsman, fie!" she said, "for shame,
You are too big a match for so small game,
To catch the Hare, or nimble Squirrel try,
Remember, William, He is BUT A FLY."

Not always is Humanity imprest
By serious schooling; a light word or jest
Will sometimes leave a moral sting behind
When graver lessons vanish out of mind.

[The end]
Charles Lamb's poem: Boy, The Mother, And The Butterfly

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