“Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight! From the molten golden notes, And all in tune What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens while she gloats On the moon!” WorldNightAirMoonHarmonyNotesDelightRingsGoldenTunesBellsFloatsLiquidDoveTurtlesMellowWedding BellsTurtle Doves Author:Edgar Allan Poe
“Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die” TwoShowsLyingDiesTearsColdTheeAshesDoveTurtlesMurmuringTurtle Doves Author:Nikolai Gogol
“Be faithful in all your exercises of piety and virtue; be always resigned; be satisfied, in the superior part of your soul, to taste, without relish, the contentment of doing God's will. Thus after the winter the spring will come, with its flowers, and you will hear the voice of the turtle-dove in this land.” SoulVoiceVirtueLandFlowerExerciseTasteSpringWinterSatisfiedGods WillSuperiorsYour SoulFaithfulContentmentPietyDoveRelishBeing FaithfulTurtlesResignedTurtle Doves Author:Paul of the Cross
“"The flowers have appeared in our land: the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land." When the soul, like the solitary turtle-dove, retires and recollects itself in meditation to converse with God, then the flowers, that is, good desires, appear; then comes the time of pruning, that is, the correction of faults that are discovered in mental prayer.” SoulDesireVoicePrayerMeditationHeardLandFlowerFaultsRetiringSolitaryDoveCorrectionsConversesTurtlesPruningTurtle Doves Author:Alphonsus Liguori