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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: [page 22:]
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And in thine eye a kindling light
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(Whatever it might be)
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Was all on Earth my aching sight
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Of Loveliness could see.
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That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame —
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As such it well may pass —
Though its glow hath raised a fiercer flame
In the breast of him, alas!
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Who saw thee on that bridal day,
When that deep blush would come o’er thee,
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Though happiness around thee lay,
The world all love before thee.
(1827)
[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 21:]
Title To —— —— (1827, 1829).
1 thy: the (1827).
[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 22:]
5 a: the (1827).
6 Of young passion free (1827).
7 aching: chain’d (1827), fetter’d (1829).
8 could: might (1827).
9 perhaps: I ween (1827).
13 thee: the (1827).
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - KCP, 1917] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Song (ed. K. Campbell, 1917)