Poem by Rudyard Kipling

Chapter Headings. «There Was never a Queen like Balkis...»

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 Sabea –
          	And he was Asia’s Lord –
But they both of  ’em talked to butterflies
          	When they took their walks abroad!

                            JUST SO STORIES
		The Butterfly That Stamped.

1. The First Chantey
2. The Cursing of Stephen
3. The Jester
4. Anchor Song
5. The Covenant

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