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From the Archive, Issue 114
Poetry
Two Choral Stanzas
By Robert BlyThe dove returns; it found no resting place;It was in flight all night above the shaken seas;Beneath ark eavesThe dove shall magnify the tiger’s bed; Give the dove peace;The split-tail swallows leave the sill at dawn,At dusk blue swallows shall return.On the third day the crow shall fly;The crow, the crow, the spider-coloured crow,The crow shall find new mud to walk upon.
