When shoo, his flutterby,
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- Shu: ancient Egyptian god of the air → this line refers to Air, the third of the four Classical Elements; Earth and Fire are alluded to in the preceding lines, and Water in he following line
- butterfly: Jespersen, Language 8.5: "flutterby for butterfly"
- flutter: another evocation of air
- Shu: (transliterated) means "book" in Chinese.
