heart-wound

All Rhodesians have this heart-wound, which opens and bleeds when they are away from their country, and only heals over in the sweet veld air.

Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Cynthia Stockley

In a short time they were out at sea and, having plenty of work to do handing sails, reefing and steering, he almost forgot his great and deep heart-wound, and, although he could not be prevailed upon to sing a song or even to join in a chorus, yet he listened attentively to the yarns of the sailors, and always applauded their songs.

The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician Charlotte Fuhrer

The discovery brought no poignant pain, no stabbing agony of a fresh heart-wound; but worse -- the dull, deep, soul-hurt of annihilation; the hurt that damns men's lives.

The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest 1921

This evening he knew that, while he lived in this land, peace would never come to him, for his heart-wound never would heal.

The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Ralph Connor 1898

The 4th, 5th, and 6th ribs and cartilages are divided and the outer cutaneous flaps turned up; pushing aside the pleura with the finger, expose the pericardium and incise it longitudinally; suture the heart-wound by interrupted sutures.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

The 4th, 5th, and 6th ribs and cartilages are divided and the outer cutaneous flaps turned up; pushing aside the pleura with the finger, expose the pericardium and incise it longitudinally; suture the heart-wound by interrupted sutures.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

However, in the dearth of all hope, in her helplessness and poverty, and aching from the heart-wound Rufus Carder had given her, why should she not obey?

In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date Clara Louise Burnham 1890

Yet she could lay her finger on no bleeding heart-wound, on no definite cause.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887

It was the deep heart-wound that he had suffered that made his life for many a year a very dreary one; too dreary for him to find much pleasure even in the singing of his birds.

An Idyl Of The East Side 1891 W. T. [Illustrator] Smedley 1881

Probably it was some one whom she had met while away at school; and if so, Nina would know, and he would sound her cautiously, but never let her know, if he could help it, the heart-wound he had received.

Tracy Park Mary Jane Holmes 1866