Passion Flowers (Watson)/The Optimist Butterfly

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The Optimist Butterfly.
There 's a waiting sweet,
 Though hidden it lie
In the heart of the sheltered rose,
Then search, say I, till you find,
    Say I,
 The Optimist Butterfly.

What need to doubt,
 To groan or sigh,
Though thorns should many be;
I'll ever try, for the sweets
    I'll try—
 The Optimist Butterfly.

The pessimist worm,
 Creeps frowning by,
With never a glance at the sky,
Nor a thought that I was a worm,
    Yes, I—
 The Optimist Butterfly.

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