The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar · Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Dove

231 of 424 · 1 min of reading

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!

· · ·

End of part 231 of 424