When Zephyr shakes the vernal skies, 
Array’d in robe of blue, 
How gaily dance the spangled dyes, 
Amid the pearly dew! 
Yet while delighting human eye, 
Our sep rate glories shine; 
A Mist can bid those glories die, 
A Worm can wither mine. 
Iris versicolor 
CHANGEABLE IRIS. 
