有一种科学，学者称其为，
“比较解剖学”——
它能让一根骨头——
揭示秘密，关于
某种罕见的生物腐烂消亡，
另一些朽化在岩石中——
富有远见的眼睛，
引我们去看
冬日草场上最温柔的花，
金黄的色彩
象征着各种玫瑰与百合，
还有千万只蝴蝶！
A science—so the Savants say,
“Comparative Anatomy”—
By which a single bone—
Is made a secret to unfold
Of some rare tenant of the mold,
Else perished in the stone—
So to the eye prospective led,
This meekest flower of the mead
Upon a winter’s day,
Stands representative in gold
Of Rose and Lily, manifold,
And countless Butterfly!