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Sweeter than the trees of Eden, dropping purple blooms, and balm,
The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems Kate Seymour MacLean
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But Nature, kind healer! brings sovereignest balm,
Beechenbrook A Rhyme of the War Margaret J. Preston
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There they looked, those immortals, from the boughs dropping balm,
Right Royal John Masefield 1922
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Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm,
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Had dropped the sceptre; drenched with musk and balm,
In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World Various 1902
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Of that trance the South Wind brought me on her subtle wings of balm,
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896
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Men fall like flowers; both claim the self-same balm,
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Charms wrought of sunrise warmth, and twilight balm,
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Of that trance the South Wind brought me on her subtle wings of balm,
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But Nature, kind healer! brings sovereignest balm,
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