Hello Guest » Login - Join Now!

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Just living is not enough, said the but

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

Just living is not enough, said the butterfly, one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun A

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun
And find your shoulder to light on,
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
Today, tomorrow and beyond.

This great purple butterfly, In the prison of

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

This great purple butterfly,
In the prison of my hands,
Has a learning in his eye
Not a poor fool understands.

And what's a butterfly? At best, He's but a c

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

And what's a butterfly? At best,
He's but a caterpillar, at rest.

The caterpillar does all the work but the butterf

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity.

The butterfly is a flying flower, The flower

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

The butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower a tethered butterfly.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and h

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow.

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round.

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflie

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.

They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods.

Love is like a butterfly: It goes where it

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

Love is like a butterfly: It goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

But these are flowers that fly and all but sing:

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

But these are flowers that fly and all but sing:
And now from having ridden out desire
They lie closed over in the wind and cling
Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire.

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

[N]ot quite birds, as they were not quite flowers

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

[N]ot quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.

With the rose the butterfly's deep in love, A

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

With the rose the butterfly's deep in love,
A thousand times hovering round;
But round himself, all tender like gold,
The sun's sweet ray is hovering found.

The butterfly, a cabbage-white, (His honest i

I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)

The butterfly, a cabbage-white,
(His honest idiocy of flight)
Will never now, it is too late,
Master the art of flying straight.

+ Comments


You would be the first person to comment this article!



Please login first to submit a comment.

Copyright © 2012 Quote Poem (beta) All rights reserved. [Contact - About]

Permalink: Butterflies : Quote and Poem