Read full poem →The ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move,
And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Ye Heavens! from high the dewy nectar pour,
Dictionary Entry
A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. dovedove whitedove mourningdove turtledove little
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Poetry examples for “dove”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And the sea's gold in it.
Her eyes were as a dove's that sickeneth.
Strewn dust of gold she had shed over her,
Read full poem →The old record saith, on whom
The glory of God alighted as a dove;
Blessed, who brought to gracious birth
Read full poem →Lean back thy throat of carven pearl,
Let thy mouth murmur like the dove's;
Say, Venus hath no girl,
Read full poem →For these give joy and sorrow; but thou, Proserpina, sleep.
Sweet is the treading of wine, and sweet the feet of the dove;
But a goodlier gift is thine than foam of the grapes or love.
Read full poem →For these give joy and sorrow; but thou, Proserpina, sleep.
Sweet is the treading of wine, and sweet the feet of the dove;
But a goodlier gift is thine than foam of the grapes or love.
Read full poem →Land me, she says, where love
Shows but one shaft, one dove,
One heart, one hand.
Read full poem →Than hatred, hunger, or death;
You have eyes and breasts like a dove,
And you kill men's hearts with a breath
Read full poem →The seasons of life as they rise,
And her eyes are as eyes of a dove,
But the wings that lift her and bear
Read full poem →Whose only light folds all your glories in--
With all birds' notes from nightingale to dove
Fill the world whither we too fain would win.