While poets feign that, passing earthly bars,
We Fireflies shall someday shine as Stars,
Our scientists, more plausibly surmise
That Stars are underdeveloped Fireflies.


Gaily the Troubadour, My Firefly Stars (p. 187), E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1936

Arthur Guiterman Quotes

While poets feign that, passing earthly bars, We Fireflies shall someday shine as Stars, Our scientists, more plausibly surmise That Stars are...

While poets feign that, passing earthly bars, We Fireflies shall someday shine as Stars, Our scientists, more plausibly surmise That Stars are...

While poets feign that, passing earthly bars, We Fireflies shall someday shine as Stars, Our scientists, more plausibly surmise That Stars are...

While poets feign that, passing earthly bars, We Fireflies shall someday shine as Stars, Our scientists, more plausibly surmise That Stars are...