“Mean time the Queen wounded with deep desire,
Bleeds inward, and consumes in hidden Fire.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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The wounds in his side
Still bleed”
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The Chidakasha Gita (1927)