Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, 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.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


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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