1827

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by Edgar Allan Poe

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I saw thee on thy bridal day-

When a burning blush came o'er thee,

Though happiness around thee lay,

The world all love before thee: -

And in thine eye a kindling light

(Whatever it might be)

Was all on Earth my aching sight

Of Loveliness could see. -

That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame-

As such it well may pass-

Though its glow hath raised a fiercer flame

In the breast of him, alas! -

Who saw thee on that bridal day,

When that deep blush would come o'er thee,

Though happiness around thee lay;

The world all love before thee. - -