dovelike

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Said the smith, said Ilmarinen, "With the best intent I brought her, On your knee as wife to rest her, Dovelike in your arms to nestle."

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

Feelest not a kindred pain, To see such lovely eyes in swimming search After some warm delight, that seems to perch Dovelike in the dim cell lying beyond Their upper lids?–Hist!

From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John