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Complete works (1925-27)

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)
  
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TO JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER

Fly away, butterfly, back to Japan,
Tempt not a pinch at the hand of a man,
And strive not to sting ere you die away.
So pert and so painted, so proud and so pretty,
To brush the bright down from your wings were a pity—
Fly away, butterfly, fly away!
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