"In my backyard in north Texas On the hottest summer night Hummingbirds fall all around us Their hearts stopped beatin…"

"Across the downs a hummingbird Came dipping through the bowers, He pivoted on emptiness To scrutinize the flowers."

"The male is colored much more gorgeously than the female so that he can be shot and made into feather embroidery."

"[Footnote:] Much still remains to be learned about his sex life because the Hummingbird is quicker than the eye."

"The restless activity and general appearance of the Humming-bird make one almost hesitate to believe that it is reall…"

"My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird—equal seekers of sweetness."

"Jewelled coryphée With quivering wings like shielding gauze outspread."

"Quick as a humming bird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers— She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly Dippin…"

"And the humming-bird that hung Like a jewel up among The tilted honeysuckle horns They mesmerized and swung In the pa…"

"A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes, The burnished sunbeams brightening From flower to flower he fl…"