| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| Thomas Bailey Aldrich. 1836–1907 |
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| 193. Nocturne |
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| UP to her chamber window | |
| A slight wire trellis goes, | |
| And up this Romeo's ladder | |
| Clambers a bold white rose. | |
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| I lounge in the ilex shadows, | 5 |
| I see the lady lean, | |
| Unclasping her silken girdle, | |
| The curtain's folds between. | |
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| She smiles on her white-rose lover, | |
| She reaches out her hand | 10 |
| And helps him in at the window— | |
| I see it where I stand! | |
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| To her scarlet lip she holds him, | |
| And kisses him many a time— | |
| Ah, me! it was he that won her | 15 |
| Because he dared to climb! | |
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