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And the humming-bird that hung
Like a jewel up among
The tilted honeysuckle horns
They mesmerized and swung
In the palpitating air,
Drowsed with odors strange and rare.
And, with whispered laughter, slipped away
And let him hanging there.

by James Whitcomb Riley Found in Hummingbirds Quotes,

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A flash of harmless lightning,
A mist of rainbow dyes,
The burnished sunbeams brightening
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A flash of harmless lightning,
A mist of rainbow dyes,
The burnished sunbeams brightening
From flower to flower he flies.

by John Banister Tabb Found in: Hummingbirds Quotes,

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Jewelled coryphee
With quivering wings like shielding gauze outspread.

Jewelled coryphee
With quivering wings like shielding gauze outspread.

by Ednah Proctor Clarke (hayes) Found in: Hummingbirds Quotes,

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Quick as a humming bird is my love,
Dipping into the hearts of flowers--
She darts so read more

Quick as a humming bird is my love,
Dipping into the hearts of flowers--
She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly
Dipping into the flowers of my heart.

by James Oppenheim Found in: Hummingbirds Quotes,

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