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" That same dew, which sometimes on the buds 
   Was wont to swell like round orient pearls, 
   Stood now within the pretty flowret's eye 
   Like tears." 
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       Papilio purpureus Imperator. 
WHEN the butterfly departs from the chrysalis which encloses i 
unfolds its wings, and wafts its airy flight towards heaven, in be 
soul from its earthly envelope. Thus the Greeks considered it ti 
the Immortality of the Soul, and in this simple instance stron 
observation of the works of Nature. The modems have chosen 
it roams from flower to flower. 
Gaze on its varied tints and tell me why 
There is such beauty in a Butterfly! 
Mark then its foim-how delicate! how light! 
How gracefully the insect wings its flight ! 
Come ! let us follow it from spray to spray, 
And trace the rover in its airy way; 
See from flower to flower it skims along, 
Then rests as 'twere to listen to the song 
" Shall the poor worm that shocks thy sight, 
    The humblest form in Nature's train, 
  Thus rise in new-born lustre bright, 
    And yet the emblem teach in vain? 
" Ah! where were once her golden eyes, 
    Her glittering wings of purple pride? 
  Conceal'd beneath a rude disguise ! 
    A shapeless mass to earth allied. 
" Like thee, the hapless reptile liv'd; 
    Like thee she toil'd, like thee she spun; 
  Like thine her closing hour arriv'd, 
    Her labours ceas'd, her web was done. 
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     INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLOURING.-To give these beautiful bl 
which in nature charms the eye of every beholder, a soft but 
shading them; a few of the corollas will have greater effect if 
The green Ia a mixture of gamboge and Prussian blue; the pi 
red compounded. A variety of colours are used for the butterf 
diversity of shades; smalt, the sepias, white, and orpiment are 
appearance will be attained, by working the parts with a fin4 
silver saucer where perceptible.