When Diamonds are a Legend — Touch-Me-Not

The narrator is a jewel weed, also called touch-me-not, hinted by the jewels she wore and a butterfly attracted.

When Diamonds are a Legend, ¹
And Diadems－a Tale－
I Brooch and Earrings for Myself,
Do sow, and Raise for sale－

And tho' I'm scarce accounted, ⁵
My Art, a Summer Day－had Patrons－
Once－it was a Queen－
And once－a Butterfly－

(F.553/J.397)

[1] Diamonds, Legend:: jewelweed, or touch-me-not, for its ripe pod will open and explode with seeds when touched.
[3] Earrings:: lady's earrings, another name for jewelweed.
[6] Art:: the way it sends out seeds, by touch and burst.
[7] queen:: a queen bee or queen wasp.

Touch-me-not. (Impatient.) A plant found about brooks, and in moist place.－Michaux, Sylva. A popular name for the common Balsam, in allusion to the bursting of its capsules when touched with the fingers. It is also called Jewel Weed. ─ Dictionary of Americanisms (1860)