Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quote

I happened one night in my travels To stray into Butterfly Vale, Where my wondering eyes beheld butterflies With wings that were wide as a sail They lived in such houses of grandeur, Their days were successions of joys And the very last fad these butterflies had Was making collections of boys.


The Butterflies' Fad, The New York Times, 16 June, 1895 (p. 27)


I happened one night in my travels To stray into Butterfly Vale, Where my wondering eyes beheld butterflies With wings that were wide as a sail They...

I happened one night in my travels To stray into Butterfly Vale, Where my wondering eyes beheld butterflies With wings that were wide as a sail They...

I happened one night in my travels To stray into Butterfly Vale, Where my wondering eyes beheld butterflies With wings that were wide as a sail They...

I happened one night in my travels To stray into Butterfly Vale, Where my wondering eyes beheld butterflies With wings that were wide as a sail They...