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 pa**
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