Posted by Tony T on 14-03-2008 15:07
#9
Chrysops
?J.G. Needham, 1930
The first of 4 stanzas:
Beautiful flies
With shining eyes
Of deep green hue and marvelous size
With golden sheen
On bars of green
And depths of opalescent that glow between:
Such are the eyes
Of these beautiful flies.