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To answer my own question, the 1927 original W.H. Davies Poem of Dragonfly was...
The Dragonfly Now, when my roses are half buds, half flowers, And loveliest, the king of flies has come- It was a fleeting visit, all too brief; In three short minutes he has seen them all, And rested, too, upon an apple tree. There, his round shoulders humped with emeralds, A gorgeous opal crown set on his head, And all those shining honours to his breast- ‘My garden is a lovely place’ though I, ‘But is it worthy of such a guest?’ He rested there, upon the apple leaf- ‘See, see,’ I cried amazed, ‘his opal crown, And all those emeralds clustered around his head!’ ‘His breast, my dear, how lovely was his breast-’ The voice of my Beloved quickly said. ‘See, see his gorgeous crown, that shines With all those jewels bulging round its rim-’ I cried aloud at night, in broken rest. Back came the answer quickly, in my dream- ‘His breast, my dear, how lovely was his breast!’ The Danny lyrics are: And when the roses are half-bud soft flowers And lovely as the king of flies has come It was a fleeting visit, all too brief In three short minutes, he had been and gone He rested there upon an apple leaf A gorgeous opal crown sat on his head Although the garden is a lovely place Was it worthy of so fine a guest Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Dragonfly, dragonfly ... I apologise for going slightly off on a tangent from the original Purple Dancer thread... |
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