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hic Hecuba et natae nequiquam altaria circum
praecipites atra ceu tempestate columbae
condensae et divum amplexae simulcra sedebant.

Hecuba and her daughters settled by the shrines,
Like doves in a black storm, dropping sheer down,
They huddled close, clutching the statues of the gods.

Aen. II.516-517

So when the sky and grass met, rolling dumb for thunder
Saw I once a white dove, sole light of the earth

“Love In the Valley,” George Meredith

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