THE DOVE

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!