Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 18361907
Thomas Bailey Aldrich193 Nocturne
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A slight wire trellis goes,
And up this Romeo’s ladder
Clambers a bold white rose.
I see the lady lean, Unclasping her silken girdle, The curtain’s folds between. She reaches out her hand And helps him in at the window— I see it where I stand! And kisses him many a time— Ah, me! it was he that won her Because he dared to climb!