Love
White Dove of the Wild Dark Eyes
From The Poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett, ed. Geraldine Plunkett (Dublin: Talbot Press, 1916)
White Dove of the wild dark eyes
Faint silver flutes are calling
From the night where the star-mists rise
And fire-flies falling
Tremble in starry wise,
Is it you they are calling?
White Dove of the beating heart
Shrill golden reeds are thrilling
In the woods where the shadows start,
While moonbeams, filling
With dreams the floweret's heart
Its dreams are thrilling.
While Dove of the folded wings,
Soft purple night is crying
With the voice of fairy things
For you, lest dying
They miss your flashing wings,
Your splendorous flying.
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MLA
Plunkett, Joseph Mary. “White Dove of the Wild Dark Eyes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/plunkett/43/.
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Plunkett, Joseph Mary. “White Dove of the Wild Dark Eyes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/plunkett/43/.
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