Lyric Poem · Love
Bridal Ballad
1The ring is on my hand,
2 And the wreath is on my brow;
3Satins and jewels grand
4Are all at my command.
5 And I am happy now.
6And my lord he loves me well;
7 But, when first he breathed his vow,
8I felt my bosom swell —
9For the words rang as a knell,
10And the voice seemed _his_ who fell
11In the battle down the dell,
12 And who is happy now.
13But he spoke to reassure me,
14 And he kissed my pallid brow,
15While a reverie came o'er me,
16And to the churchyard bore me,
17And I sighed to him before me,
18Thinking him dead D'Elormie,
19 "Oh, I am happy now!"
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“Bridal Ballad” by Edgar Allan Poe — quilloak.com/poems/bridal-ballad
Quick facts
- Poem
- Bridal Ballad
- Poet
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Length
- 31 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Love, Death & Loss, Peace
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 31 lines · 5 stanzas of 5–7 lines
- Line length
- Lines run 6-8 syllables (median 7). No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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- Author record
- Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849
- Source record
- PoetryDBBridal Ballad by edgar-allan-poe, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 951473aa4e8b1852…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.