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Ballad — 1837-01 Messenger text

Read Ballad in a locally preserved historical transcription. Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, January 1837, volume III, page 5. This is the early text later known as Bridal Ballad. Verse-line boundaries are retained with simplified typography. The record supplies a local electronic reading, not a magazine-page scan. Modern website commentary is omitted.

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New-only intake checked against existing titles, source identities and file fingerprints. Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, January 1837, volume III, page 5. This is the early text later known as Bridal Ballad. Verse-line boundaries are retained with simplified typography. The record supplies a local electronic reading, not a magazine-page scan. Modern website commentary is omitted.

Original publication: Ballad
Date: 1837-01
Credits: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Southern Literary Messenger
Published in: Richmond, Virginia
Reference collection: Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (historical periodical transcription)

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Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, January 1837, volume III, page 5. This is the early text later known as Bridal Ballad. Verse-line boundaries are retained with simplified typography. The record supplies a local electronic reading, not a magazine-page scan. Modern website commentary is omitted.

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Ballad Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, January 1837, volume III, page 5. This is the early text later known as Bridal Ballad. Verse-line boundaries are retained with simplified typography. The record supplies a local electronic reading, not a magazine-page scan. Modern website commentary is omitted. BALLAD. BY E. A. POE. The ring is on my hand, And the wreath is on my brow — Satins and jewels grand, And many a rood of land, Are all at my command, And I am happy now! He has loved me long and well, And, when he breathed his vow, I felt my bosom swell, For — the words were his who fell In the battle down the dell, And who is happy now! And he spoke to re-asure me, And he kissed my pallid brow — But a reverie came o’re me, And to the church-yard bore me, And I sighed to him before me, “O, I am happy now!” And thus they said I plighted An irrevocable vow — And my friends are all delighted That his love I have requited — And my mind is much benighted If I am not happy now! Lo! the ring is on my hand, And the wreath is on my brow — Satins and jewels grand, And many a rood of land, Are all at my command, And I must be happy now! I have spoken — I have spoken — They have registered the vow — And though my faith be broken, And though my heart be broken, Behold the golden token That proves me 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, And the dead who is forsaken May not be happy now!

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Southern Literary Messenger. “Ballad — 1837-01 Messenger text.” 1837-01. Ballad. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-eac0462b114f4656aa77494fe127c820. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-eac0462b114f4656aa77494fe127c820. Accessed [date].

Catalogue citation: Edgar Allan Poe. Ballad. Southern Literary Messenger, January 1837, volume III, page 5.

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