“‘I weep for that which can never be,

I sigh for a wider sphere—

Would, little moth, I had wings like thine!

Instead, I am rooted here.’

“‘A moth, my life is a sweet content,

But no worthy life for thee.’

‘Change!’ cried the daisy; ‘take my place;

A little white moth I’d be.’

“And lo! the daisy took silver wings,

And forth from the meadow flew;