Quote#Truth
While the butter-cups toss golden heads
Quote byEllen Russell Emerson · 1837–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1865), "One Summer Day", sts. 22–23.
English (original)
While the butter-cups toss golden heads, Consequential bees alight, Upon the downy saffron beds Of the dandelion, Fit for kings to lie on;There, a lazy butterfly, Like a thing adrift from Eden, While saucy insects flutter by In a busy throng, Slowly sails along.
— Ellen Russell Emerson
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