'Twas as she hoped, - he sleeps ; and now Her lips are on his throbbing brow, Sucking the poison forth : 't was bliss To know she gave her life for his. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

'Twas as she hoped, - he sleeps ; and now Her lips are on his throbbing brow, Sucking the poison forth : 't was bliss To know she gave her life for his.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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