The Mantis buffed his emerald sleeves
and plucked a sprig of emerald leaves;
he fluffed his coat of jeweled wing,
and, dapper as the newborn spring,
he sallied forth for love.
and plucked a sprig of emerald leaves;
he fluffed his coat of jeweled wing,
and, dapper as the newborn spring,
he sallied forth for love.