Tamerlane and Other Poems (1884)/To —

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!

​Who saw thee on that bridal day.
When that deep blush would come o'er thee,
Tho' Happiness around thee lay;
The world all Love before thee.—