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BRIDAL BALLAD.
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER, JANUARY, 1837; PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY EVENING POST, JULY 31, 1841; 1845; BROADWAY JOURNAL, II. 4.
Text, 1845, with Lorimer Graham corrections.
Variations of Southern Literary Messenger from the text.
I. 3 brow; (—) 3 grand (grand,). After 3 insert:
And many a rood of land,
5 now. (I) II. 1 And ... well; (He has loved me long and well,) 2 But (And) 2 first (o.) 3 swell — (,) 4 For ... knell, (o.) 5 And the voice (For — the words) 5 seemed his (were his) 7 now. (!) III. 1 But (And) 2 brow, (—) 3 While (But) 6 (Thinking ... D’Elormie) (o.) 7 Oh, (O). After III. insert:
And thus they say I plighted
An irrevocable vow —
And my friends are all delighted
That his love I have requited —
And my mind is much benighted
If I am not happy now! [page 199:]
Lo! the ring is on my hand,
And the wreath is on my brow —
Satins and jewels grand,
And many a rood of land,
Are all at my command,
And I must be happy now!
IV. 1-2 And ... vow;
I have spoken — I have spoken —
They have registered the vow.
3 And, (o. c.) 4 And, (o. c.) 5 Here is a ring as (Behold the golden) 6 I am (proves me) V. 2 dream (dream —) 1 how, (!) 3 shaken (shaken,) 4 taken, — (,) 5 Lest (And) 6 now. (!)
Variations of Broadway Journal from the text.
II. 1 well; (,) 4 as (like) III. 6 [omit parentheses] IV. 1 spoken; (,) 2 vow; (,) 5-6 Here ... now! (Behold the golden token | That proves me happy now!)
Broadway Journal varies from Griswold in the first two stanzas only; the other variations from the text are due to Lorimer Graham corrections.
EDITOR’S NOTE.
In this poem, a reflective lyric rather than a true ballad, there is a story of formal happiness and of real woe.
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - JAH07, 1902] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Editions - The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (J. A. Harrison) (Notes to Bridal Ballad)