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An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

From ‘Art’

IF you have a carrier-dove

That can fly over land and sea,

And a message for your Love,

“Lady, I love but thee!”

And this dove will never stir

But straight from her to you,

And straight from you to her,

As you know and she knows too,

Will you first insure, O sage,

Your dove that never tires

With your message in a cage,

Though a cage of golden wires?

Or will you fling your dove?—

“Fly, darling, without rest,

Over land and sea to my Love,

And fold your wings in her breast!”