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The ring is on my hand, / And the wreath is on my brow;
Satins and jewels grand / Are all at my command / And I am happy now.
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.
But he spoke to reassure 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, / Thinking him dead D'Elormie, / "Oh, I am happy now!"
And thus the words were spoken, / And thus 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 to 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.