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He laid him down and slept, and from his side a woman in her magic beauty rose; dazzled and charmed, he called that woman "bride," and his first sleep became his last repose. - Johann von Besser A thin aerial veil is drawn o'er beauty's face, seeming to hide, more sweetly shows the blushing bride. - Richard Crashaw Up, up fair bride! and call thy stars from out their several boxes; take thy rubies, pearls, and diamonds forth, and make thyself a constellation of them all. - Dr. John Donne O, happy youth! for whom thy fate reserved so fair a bride. - John Dryden The bride, lovely herself, and lovely by her side a bevy of bright nymphs, with sober grace came glittering like a star, and took her place. - John Dryden New dressed and blooming as a bridal maid. - Walter Harte In ancient Boeotia brides were carried home in vehicles whose wheels were burned at the door, in token, that they would never again be needed. - Thomas Wentworth Higginson Evasive of the bridal day, she gives fond hopes to all, and all with hope deceives. - Alexander Pope
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