Quote#Wisdom
I'd be a butterfly born in a bower
Quote byThomas Haynes Bayly · 1797–1839
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Psychæ (1828), "I'd be a Butterfly", line 1; p. 2..
English (original)
I'd be a butterfly born in a bower, Where roses and lilies and violets meet.
— Thomas Haynes Bayly
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