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 would come o'er thee, <br /> Though happiness around thee lay; <br /> The world all love before thee.<br /><br />Edgar Allan Poe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-5/
