Daughter to the wind, snow-white butterfly, <br />Inebriate with perfume and sunlight, <br />Wandering from garden to amaranth, <br />And from iris to fiery rose alighting. <br /> <br />Blessed butterfly, you innocently sway <br />Over a thousand flowers charmed by your flight, <br />Each and every flower caressing in turn, <br />From the humblest to the proudest in the bower. <br /> <br />Continue happily on your swift rounds, <br />Fleeting, not eternal pleasure seeking, <br />For endless joy is only in Heaven's gift; <br /> <br />Avoid a fixed course; wander, wander at will; <br />For the most beautiful flower adorning earth <br />Shines for a moment, withers, bends and dies.<br /><br />Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-butterfly-5/
