Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Dove
The dove returning bore the mark
Of earth restored to the long labouring ark;
The relics of mankind, secure of rest,
Oped every window to receive the guest,
And the fair bearer of the message bless’d.
Dryden.—To Her Grace of Ormond, Line 70.
The dove was twice employ’d abroad, before
The world was dried, and she return’d no more.
Dryden.—To Her Grace of Ormond, Line 99.