The butterfly is in love with the rose

The Butterfly is in love with the Rose

And hovers around her alway,

But a golden Sunbeam loves him again,

And flutters around him all day.

But tell me, with whom is the Rose in love?

That would I know soonest by far;

Or is it the singing Nightingale?

Or the silent Evening Star?

I know not with whom is the Rose in love;

But I love you all as ye are:

The Butterfly, Sunbeam, and Nightingale,

The Rose, and the Evening Star.