Noah Webster
Bleed
BLEED, verb intransitive preterit tense and participle passive bled.
1. To lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds.
2. To die a violent death, or by slaughter.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to day.
3. To issue forth, or drop as blood, from an incision; to lose sap, gum or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds.
For me the balm shall bleed
The heart bleeds, is a phrase used to denote extreme pain from sympathy or pity.
BLEED, verb transitive To let blood; to take blood from, by opening a vein.