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THE GLOW-WORM.
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The male of this insect is said to be a fly, which the female caterpillar attracts in the night by the lustre of her train.
When Evening closes Nature's eye,
The Glow-worm lights her little spark,
To captivate her favourite fly,
And tempt the rover through the dark.
The Glow-worm lights her little spark,
To captivate her favourite fly,
And tempt the rover through the dark.
Conducted by a sweeter star
Than all that deck the fields above,
He fondly hastens from afar,
To soothe her solitude with love.
Than all that deck the fields above,
He fondly hastens from afar,
To soothe her solitude with love.
Thus in this wilderness of tears,
Amidst the world's perplexing gloom,
The transient torch of Hymen cheers
The pilgrim journeying to the tomb.
Amidst the world's perplexing gloom,
The transient torch of Hymen cheers
The pilgrim journeying to the tomb.
Unhappy he whose hopeless eye
Turns to the light of love in vain;
Whose cynosure is in the sky,
He on the dark and lonely main.
Turns to the light of love in vain;
Whose cynosure is in the sky,
He on the dark and lonely main.
1804.
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