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Sent from the ark, the dove, with timid flight, Strove through the storms, yet found not where to light; Pursued by winds o’er restless ocean’s roar, Back to the flood-tossed crew no leaf she bore: So through the past man’s tempest-driven mind, Sent fancy forth some resting-place to find; O’er bush, tree, hill, she winged her trackless way, Nor foothold found her weary flight to stay; Back o’er the sea on terror-haunted air, She flew, to tell the tidings of despair; Again she flies for fairer forms to seek, And lo! the olive borne upon her beak! Hear her glad news,—she rested on the tomb, Saw the dawn break, and flit the ancient gloom! Through night she swept, and heard the gentle fall Of angel footsteps in its silent hall; Upborne from earth, in strong and joyous flight, Fearless she sought the empyrean height, Gazed on the source whence pours the living ray, On earth’s time-shadows, God’s eternal day.
Sent from the ark, the dove, with timid flight, Strove through the storms, yet found not where to light; Pursued by winds o’er restless ocean’s roar, Back to the flood-tossed crew no leaf she bore: So through the past man’s tempest-driven mind, Sent fancy forth some resting-place to find; O’er bush, tree, hill, she winged her trackless way, Nor foothold found her weary flight to stay; Back o’er the sea on terror-haunted air, She flew, to tell the tidings of despair; Again she flies for fairer forms to seek, And lo! the olive borne upon her beak! Hear her glad news,—she rested on the tomb, Saw the dawn break, and flit the ancient gloom! Through night she swept, and heard the gentle fall Of angel footsteps in its silent hall; Upborne from earth, in strong and joyous flight, Fearless she sought the empyrean height, Gazed on the source whence pours the living ray, On earth’s time-shadows, God’s eternal day.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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