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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DOVE, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography
First Line: Out of the sunshine and out of the heat
Last Line: Since the dove fluttered down to its home in my breast!
Subject(s): Doves
First Line: Out of the sunshine and out of the heat
Last Line: Since the dove fluttered down to its home in my breast!
Subject(s): Doves
OUT of the sunshine and out of the heat,
Out of the dust of the grimy street,
A song fluttered down in the form of a dove,
And it bore me a message, the one word -- Love!
Ah, I was toiling, and oh, I was sad:
I had forgotten the way to be glad.
Now, smiles for my sadness and for my toil, rest
Since the dove fluttered down to its home in my breast!
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