The Butterfly in honored Dust 1
Assuredly will lie
But none will pass the Catacomb
So chastened as the Fly－
Assuredly will lie
But none will pass the Catacomb
So chastened as the Fly－
(F.1305/J.1246)
[1] Butterfly:: an inconstant person like a butterfly. honored:: high-ranking.
[2] lie:: to cheat.
[3] Catacomb:: an underground hiding place of the early Christians under oppression.
[4] the Fly:: people escaped from tyranny or religious oppression, refugees.