. Birds of the Bible . )tal to the sym-])athy of every heart. It Is such a sad, sol)i)ing note thattlioe birds are uni\ersallv spokiU of as ••mourning ilovisby the connnon people. Isaiah wrote, I did mourn as a doxc: and again,We roai all like bears and nionin hke (lo\e>. Nahuni, in writini! of the xictonous armiis ot (lod. 50 THE UQVK 205 against Nineveh, said, And IIu//al) shall he led awaycaptive, and she shall be brouglit up, and her maids shalllead her as with tlie voice of doves tabering upon theirbreasts. Ezekiel, in prophesying the final desolation ofIsrael, prayed, But they that es
. Birds of the Bible . )tal to the sym-])athy of every heart. It Is such a sad, sol)i)ing note thattlioe birds are uni\ersallv spokiU of as ••mourning ilovisby the connnon people. Isaiah wrote, I did mourn as a doxc: and again,We roai all like bears and nionin hke (lo\e>. Nahuni, in writini! of the xictonous armiis ot (lod. 50 THE UQVK 205 against Nineveh, said, And IIu//al) shall he led awaycaptive, and she shall be brouglit up, and her maids shalllead her as with tlie voice of doves tabering upon theirbreasts. Ezekiel, in prophesying the final desolation ofIsrael, prayed, But they that escape of them shall es-cape, and shall ])e on the mountains like doves of thevalleys, all of tluin inouining, every one for his ini(juity. There are four notes in the mourning song; the firstlike the sucking breath of a child trying to suppress sobs,followed by three long-drawn trenudous notes that seemospcciall}^ designed to harrow the human sym}) catch you in the heart. Agh, coo, coo, coo! Thefirst note is almost impossible of human reproduction, theother three are easy enough. But it a})peals to me thatthe pro])het shoultl have said, My mourning sounds asa dove, Ijccause the truth is that when dove-notes growsimply heait-rending in their wavering appeal, if you arewhere you can see the birds you will find
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