Bridal Ballad

Lyrics

The ring is on my hand And the wreath is on my brow Satin 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 re-assure me And he kissed my pallid brow While a reverie came o'er me And to the church-yard 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 this the plighted vow And, though my faith be broken And, though my heart be broken Here is a ring, as token That I am 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