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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROMISE, by ELLEN HUNTER TERRY
First Line: A ruby-throated humming bird came to sip
Last Line: My sweet petunias flutter to his kiss!
Subject(s): Hummingbirds
First Line: A ruby-throated humming bird came to sip
Last Line: My sweet petunias flutter to his kiss!
Subject(s): Hummingbirds
A ruby-throated humming bird came to sip
The honeyed sweetness from the velvet tip
of my petunias.
How he would hover
like an ardent Lover
and dip
from pearly white to coral --
then to blue!
He tried the honey from the flower
of every one --
But just one sip!
Flash! He is gone!
But ah, I know when summer comes again --
Flash! A wing of gossamer! --
My sweet petunias flutter to his kiss!
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