English poem
Poem 146 (Make not the dove an emblem;…)
by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)
Make not the dove an emblem; she hath wings, And she will fly: 'tis not her cooing song That shall proclaim the concord whence there springs Stern peace—a joy inflexible and strong.
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