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 raised 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.