Balm in Gilead

I'm having a "balm in Gilead" phase right now you see. So, here is a poem by Christina Rossetti of that name. The biblical references to the balm in Gilead are in Jeremiah 8:22 and 46:11. The flowers illustrated here are those mentioned in the poem (Love-lies-bleeding and Heartsease).

Balm in Gilead

Heartsease I found, where Love-lies-bleeding

Empurpled all the ground:

Whatever flowers I missed unheeding,

Heartsease I found.

Yet still my garden mound

Stood sore in need of watering, weeding,

And binding growths unbound.

Ah, when shades fell to light succeeding

I scarcely dared look round:

"Love-lies-bleeding" was all my pleading,

Heartsease I found.

Christina Rossetti