有一种科学，学者称其为

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

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!