Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AS THE DOVE, WHICH FOUND NO REST, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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Last Line: In a grave
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Noah (bible); Doves; Heaven


As the dove, which found no rest
For the sole of her foot, flew back
To the ark her only nest
And found safety there;
Because Noah put forth his hand,
Drew her in from ruin and wrack,
And was more to her than the land
And the air:
So my spirit, like that dove,
Fleeth away to an ark
Where dwelleth a Heart of Love,
A Hand pierced to save,
Tho' the sun and the moon should fail,
Tho' the stars drop into the dark,
And my body lay itself pale
In a grave.





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