Bridal Ballad

The ring is on my hand,
And the wreath is on my brow;
Satin and jewels grand
Are all at my command,
And many a rood of land
And I am happy now.
And my lord he loves me well;
But, when first he breathed his vow,
I felt my bosom swell,
And the voice seemed his who fell
For the words rang as a knell,
In the battle down the dell,
And who is happy now.
But he spoke to re-assure me,
And he kissed my pallid brow,
While a reverie came o'er me,
And to the churchyard bore me,
And I sighed to him before me,
"Oh, I am happy now!"
And thus the words were spoken,
And this the plighted vow,
And, though my faith be broken,
And, though my heart be broken,
Behold the golden token
That proves me happy now!
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
Edgar Allan Poe

Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

A Dream Within A Dream,
Beloved Physician, Bells,
The Divine Right Of Kings,
Elizabeth, Spirits of the Dead,
Epigram for Wall Street,
The Haunted Palace,
Romance, To One In Paradise,
The Valley of Unrest

Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe

Poetry is the rhythmical
creation of beauty in words.
Edgar Allan Poe

They who dream by day are cognizant
of many things which escape those
who dream only by night.
Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered weak and weary...
Edgar Allan Poe

In one case out of a hundred a point
is excessively discussed because it
is obscure; in the ninety-nine
remaining it is obscure because it
is excessively discussed.
Edgar Allan Poe

A gentleman with a pug nose is
a contradiction in terms.
Edgar Allan Poe

All that we see or seem is but
a dream within a dream.
Edgar Allan Poe

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