Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. / A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

by Frank Cowan

What of man can boast the same?

Thine the loudest voice of praise,

Harbinger of fruitful days;

Darling of the tuneful nine,

Phœbus is thy sire divine;

Phœbus to thy note has given

Music from the spheres of heaven;

Happy most as first of earth,

All thy hours are peace and mirth;

Cares nor pains to thee belong,