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The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.

Isaac Watts
Nature, Flower, Butterfly
'Against Pride in Clothes' from 'Divine Songs for Children' (1715)
The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.