118 COLEOPTERA. 
lines on the subject of this splendid in- 
sect. 
"Beneath the friendly covert of the sky, 
Wing'd his illumin'd way tlie fire fly; 
Swift as his rays advance, or swift retire. 
The living meteor tracks the night with fire; 
Now, with instinctive art, conceals, liow shows 
Th* uncertain light which from his body glows." 
