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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.