"STAY near me---do not take thy flight!A little longer stay in sight!
Much converse do I find I thee,
Historian of my infancy !
Float near me; do not yet depart!
Dead times revive in thee:
Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art!
A solemn image to my heart,
My father's family!
Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days,
The time, when, in our childish plays,
My sister Emmeline and I
Together chased the butterfly!
A very hunter did I rush
Upon the prey:---with leaps and spring
I followed on from brake to bush;
But she, God love her, feared to brush
The dust from off its wings. "
The Butterfly is a symbol that connects Wordsworth to his past childhood memories that he so dearly misses. Yet as much as he loved the butterfly he realizes that it too must live out his dreams, so he has the courage, unlike his sister, to "dust from off its wings" and free the butterfly to enjoy his life as he should be.
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