1

 

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:

 

2

 

And, in thine eye a kindling light

(Whatever it might be)

Was all on Earth my aching sight

Of Loveliness could see.

 

3

 

That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame —

As such it well may pass —

Though its glow hath rais'd a fiercer flame

In the breast of him, alas!

 

4

 

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.