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 @3would@1 come o'er thee, Though happiness around thee lay; The world all love before thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SAMSON AGONISTES by JOHN MILTON THE MORAL FABLES: THE LION AND THE MOUSE by AESOP HYMN TO SCIENCE by MARK AKENSIDE THE PIAZZA OF ST. MARK AT MIDNIGHT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO AN OLD SWEETHEART by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |