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.

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