KING BEETLE

By Albert Bigelow Paine

Oh, a marvelous mind has the old beetle king,

And he rules in a marvelous way;

For he rolls up his eyes and commences to sing

When his subjects go glittering by on the wing;

And‘ tis said that his notes have a powerful ring

When he chants at the breaking of day —

They say —

His anthem at breaking of day.