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Heartsease

Christina Rossetti

Heartsease in my garden bed,
  With sweetwilliam white and red,
Honeysuckle on my wall:—
  Heartsease blossoms in my heart
When sweet William comes to call,
  But it withers when we part,
And the honey-trumpets fall.
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From Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book | 1893
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