Thou buoyant minion of the tropic air;

How could he think of the live creature——gay

With a divinity of colours, drest

In all her brightness, from the dancing crest 5

Far as the last gleam of the filmy train

Extended and extending to sustain

The motions that it graces——and forbear

To drop his pencil! Flowers of every clime

Depicted on these pages smile at time; 10

And gorgeous insects copied with nice care