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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Five: The Single Hound

XLII

THE BUTTERFLY obtains

But little sympathy,

Though favorably mentioned

In Entomology.

Because he travels freely

And wears a proper coat,

The circumspect are certain

That he is dissolute.

Had he the homely scutcheon of modest Industry,

’T were fitter certifying for Immortality.