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.

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.