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<h3><SPAN name="section5k"></SPAN>Song</h3>
<p>I saw thee on thy bridal day—<br/>
When a burning blush came o'er thee,<br/>
Though happiness around thee lay,<br/>
The world all love before thee:<br/><br/>
And in thine eye a kindling light<br/>
(Whatever it might be)<br/>
Was all on Earth my aching sight<br/>
Of Loveliness could see.<br/><br/>
That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame—<br/>
As such it well may pass—<br/>
Though its glow hath raised a fiercer flame<br/>
In the breast of him, alas!<br/><br/>
Who saw thee on that bridal day,<br/>
When that deep blush <i>would</i> come o'er thee,<br/>
Though happiness around thee lay,<br/>
The world all love before thee.<br/></p>
<p>1827</p>
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