Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Midge
Meanwhile, there is dancing in yonder green bower,
A swarm of young midges, they dance high and low;
’Tis a sweet little species that lives but one hour,
And the eldest was born half an hour ago.
Owen Meredith (Lord Lytton)—Midges.
The midge’s wing beats to and fro
A thousand times ere one can utter “O.”
Coventry Patmore—The Cry at Midnight.