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Louise A Burleigh, “A Wounded Heart” (1906)

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Poor wounded Heart,
Alone, forsaken as it is
Tis faithful yet--
All that is left is thine
And no regret.

Poor wounded Heart,
The drops of blood that from it ooze
Are Nature's tears;
They pass away with the lonely night
And the empty years.

Published in Colored American Magazine, January, 1906
 

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