Poem after The Butterfly That Stamped

THERE was never a Queen like Balkis, From here to the wide world’s end; But Balkis talked to a butterfly As you would talk to a friend.

There was never a King like Solomon, Not since the world began; But Solomon talked to a butterfly As a man would talk to a man.

She was Queen of Sabaea— And he was Asia’s Lord— But they both of ‘em talked to butterflies When they took their walks abroad!