SONGI 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 sightOf Loveliness could see.That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame—As such it well may pass—Though its glow hath raised a fiercer flameIn the breast of him, alas!Who saw thee on that bridal day,When that deep blushwouldcome o’er thee,Though happiness around thee lay,The world all love before thee.1827.
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 sightOf Loveliness could see.That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame—As such it well may pass—Though its glow hath raised a fiercer flameIn the breast of him, alas!Who saw thee on that bridal day,When that deep blushwouldcome o’er thee,Though happiness around thee lay,The world all love before thee.
1827.