Quote#Heart
The gospel whose glad promises atone
Quote byMary Jane Serrano · 1840–1923
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Asphodel (1910), Canto II, p. 25.
English (original)
The gospel whose glad promises atone For all of bitterness the heart hath known.
— Mary Jane Serrano
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