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BALM IN GILEAD by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: HEARTSEASE I FOUND, WHERE LOVE - LIES BLEEDING
Last Line: HEARTSEASE I FOUND.

HEARTSEASE I found, where Lovelies-bleeding
Empurpled all the ground:
Whatever flowers I missed unheeding,
Heartsease I found.
Yet still my garden mound
Stood sore in need of watering, weeding,
And binding growths unbound.

Ah when shades fell, to light succeeding,
I scarcely dared look round:
'Love-lies-bleeding' was all my pleading;
Heartsease I found.



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