Songs by the Way, by George Washington Doane (1860)

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"Songs by the Way"
The Poetical Writings of the Right Rev. George Washington Doane, D.D., LL.D.

Arranged and Edited by His Son, William Croswell Doane

New York: D. Appleton, 1860.

TO A DEAR ONE IN DEEP SORROW.

DOVE, whom the Lord hath wounded,
     Return to Him, and live;
For He, alone, who aimed the shaft,
     The remedy, can give.

Dove, whom the Lord hath wounded,
     The bolt was sped in love;
To win thee, from earth's fleeting scenes,
     To better things, above.

Dove, whom the Lord hath wounded,
     He bares for thee, his breast,
And bids thee enter in, and be,
     For evermore, at rest.

Dove, whom the Lord hath wounded,
     Yet waiteth to revive,
Return to Him!--He wounds and heals,
     He kills, and makes alive.

Dove, whom the Lord hath wounded,
     Break through all dull delay:
His strength will bear thy pinions up,
     His goodness, guide thy way.

Dove, whom the Lord hath wounded,
     Though soiled, with sorrows, here,
With silver wings, and plumes of gold,
     In heaven, thou shalt appear.

Dove, whom the Lord hath wounded,
     No more, let earth delay,
But onward, upward, be our flight,
     To realms, of cloudless day!

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