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 Sabæa—
 And he was Asia's Lord—
But they both of 'em talked to butterflies
 When they took their walks abroad!
The Butterfly That Stamped .