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| 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. | 1 |
| The midge’s wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter “O.” Coventry Patmore—The Cry at Midnight. | 2 |
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