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Fair dove, Sweet truths in thy brief life are told, Emblem of hallow'd vows! High virtues doth its course unfold, Thou pure and faithful spouse, To thee the chaste heart owes a debt of love.
'Twas thou, When on the surge of wrath was toss'd Creation's wreck, that soared Above a world desolate and lost Beneath a sky that lower'd To pluck the type of peace--the olive bough.