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.