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                            BRIDAL BALLAD

                          by Edgar Allan Poe








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        BRIDAL BALLAD
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    The ring is on my hand,
      And the wreath is on my brow;
    Satin and jewels grand
    Are all at my command,
      And I am happy now.
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    And my lord he loves me well;
      But, when first he breathed his vow,
    I felt my bosom swell-
    For the words rang as a knell,
    And the voice seemed his who fell
    In the battle down the dell,
      And who is happy now.
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    But he spoke to re-assure me,
      And he kissed my pallid brow,
    While a reverie came o'er me,
    And to the church-yard bore me,
    And I sighed to him before me,
    Thinking him dead D'Elormie,
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      "Oh, I am happy now!"
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    And thus the words were spoken,
      And this the plighted vow,
    And, though my faith be broken,
    And, though my heart be broken,
    Here is a ring, as token
      That I am happy now!
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    Would God I could awaken!
      For I dream I know not how!
    And my soul is sorely shaken
    Lest an evil step be taken,-
    Lest the dead who is forsaken
      May not be happy now.
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                   THE END