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1881–1941

A LITTLE WIND

Elizabeth Madox Roberts

When I lay down In a clover place, With eyelids closed, In a clover place,

A little wind came to my face. One gentle wind Blew on my mouth, And I said, “It will quiver by.

What little wind now can it be?” And I lay still Where the clovers were. But when I raised my lids to see,

Then it was a butterfly.

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