... Oh! burning are the drops
That wounded love will shed-like to the dew
Falling from off the poison tree, the blight
Still following the touch ;-ah ! other tears
Soften and bless-but these destroy the heart. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

... Oh! burning are the drops That wounded love will shed-like to the dew Falling from off the poison tree, the blight Still following the touch ;-ah ! other tears Soften and bless-but these destroy the heart.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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