THE INSECT HUNTERS.

London :

Printed by E. Newman, 9, Devonshire St., Bishopsgate.

Speak in tones so plain and childlike,

Scarcely can the ear distinguish

Whether they are sung or spoken.

LONGFELLOW.

LONDON:

EDWARD NEWMAN, 9, DEVONSHIRE STREET,

BISHOPSGATE.

1857.

280.~. #501.

Just as the butterfly, child of an hour,
Flutters about in the light of the sun,
Wandering wayward from flower to flower,
Sipping the honey from all, one by one;
So does the fanciful verse I've created

Love 'mongst the experts in Science to roam, Drinking their wisdom without being sated, Bringing the sweets of their intellect home.

BELL.

ΤΟ

LAURA ADA DOUGLAS

THIS TRIFLE

IS

Affectionately Inscribed.