F. A. S. Reid

“ Yes! they talk in a language that all is their own,
And here into English you'll find it has grown;
Where pictures will shew, and the rhymes they will say,
How Insects can work, talk, and laugh, and be gay. ”

“ It makes one shudder to think of the fate
That giddy bluebottles and gnats may await.
Yet wonder we must, as we watch them spread
Their beautiful nets with their silken thread;
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"It makes me shudder to think of the fate
That giddy blue-bottles and gnats may await."
And happier feel at the sign of that Power
That guides each to weave such a fairy-like bower ”

“ OH, wonder I much what this book contains!
Can Insects talk, and do they have brains?
I always thought that these queer little things
Were made up entirely of legs, wings, and stings.
A Black-Beetle teach me! ”