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2.
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 rais’d 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.
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[[This version gives the text as originally printed, with indications for Poe’s changes]]
2.
1
I saw thee on thy bridal day —
When a burning blush came o’er thee
>>Tho’<< <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 >>fetter’d<< <aching> sight
Of Loveliness could see.
3
That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame —
As such it well may pass —
>>Tho’<< <Though> its glow hath rais’d 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,
>>Tho’<< <Though> >>H<< <h>appiness around thee lay,
The world all love before thee.
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - ATMPER, 1845] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Poems - Song (Text-06)