Caterpillar ("Brown and furry")

Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry,
Take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk,
Or what not,
Which may be the chosen spot.
No toad spy you,
Hovering bird of prey pass by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.
Copyright Credit: Christina Rossetti, "Caterpillar ("brown and furry")" from Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book. London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Public domain.
Source: Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book. (Macmillan and Co., 1893)