Dove

Famous quotes containing the word dove:

“What can the dove of Jesus give
You now but wisdom, exile? Stand and live,
The dove has brought an olive branch to eat.”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

“On the day that will always belong to you,
lunar clockwork had faltered
and I was certain. Walking
the streets of Manhattan I thought:
Remember this day. I felt already
like an urn, filling with wine.”
—Rita Dove (b. 1952)

“Thou wilt be as valiant as the wrathful dove or most
magnanimous mouse.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)