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FUGITIVE PIECES.

TO — —

I SAW thee on the bridal day,

⁠When a burning blush came o'er thee,
Tho' Happiness around thee lay,
⁠The world all love before thee.

And, in thine eye, the kindling light
⁠Of young passion free
Was all on earth, my chained sight
⁠Of Loveliness might see.

That blush, I ween, was maiden shame;
⁠As such it well may pass:
Tho' its glow hath raised a fiercer flame
⁠In the breast of him, alas!