<p><SPAN name="THE_BRIDE" id="THE_BRIDE"></SPAN>THE BRIDE</p>
<span style="margin-left: 9em;"><b>I</b></span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Though other eyes were turned to him,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">He turned to look in mine;</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Though others filled the cup abrim,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">He might not taste the wine.</span><br/>
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<span style="margin-left: 2em;">I am so glad my eyes were first</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">In which his own might sink;</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">I am so glad he went athirst</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">Until I bade him drink.</span><br/>
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<span style="margin-left: 9em;"><b>II</b></span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">The Well-Belovèd took my hand</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">And led me to his fair abode,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">The home that Love and he had planned.</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">(Strange that so well I knew the road.)</span><br/>
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<span style="margin-left: 2em;">And through the open door we went,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">And at our feet the hearth-light fell,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">And I—I laughed in all content,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">Seeing I knew the place so well.</span><br/>
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<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Ah, to no stranger Love displayed</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">Its every nook, its every grace,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">This was the House of Dreams I made</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">Long, long before I saw his face.</span><br/>
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<span style="margin-left: 9em;"><b>III</b></span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">I jested over-much in days of old,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">I looked on sorrow once and did not care,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Now Love hath crowned my head with very gold,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">I will be worthy of the joy I wear.</span><br/>
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<span style="margin-left: 2em;">There is not one a-hungered or a-cold</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">Shall seek my door but that he too shall share</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Something of this vast happiness I hold;</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">I will be worthy of the joy I wear.</span><br/>
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<span style="margin-left: 2em;">For I was hungered and Love spread the feast,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">Cold—and He touched my heart and warmed it there,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Yea, crowned me Queen—I neediest of His least,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">I will be worthy of the joy I wear.</span><br/>
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