"There was never a Queen like Balkis" (The Butterfly that Stamped)

THERE was never a Queen like Balkis, From here to the wide world’s end; But Balkis tailed 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 Sabaea— And he was Asia’s Lord— But they both of ’em talked to butterflies When they took their walks abroad!