Jewelled coryphee
With quivering wings like shielding gauze outspread.

Jewelled coryphee
With quivering wings like shielding gauze outspread.

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.

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.