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THE VOICE OF THE DOVE by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER

Poet Analysis

First Line: COME LISTEN, O LOVE, TO THE VOICE OF THE DOVE
Last Line: "THERE IS ONLY ONE TO-DAY."
Subject(s): DOVES;
COME listen, O Love, to the voice of the dove,
Come, hearken and hear him say,
There are many To-morrows, my Love, my Love, --
There is only one To-day.

And all day long you can hear him say
This day in purple is rolled,
And the baby stars of the milky-way --
They are cradled in cradles of gold.

Now what is thy secret, serene gray dove,
Of singing so sweetly alway?
"There are many To-morrows, my Love, my Love, --
There is only one To-day."



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