Up to her chamber window, A slight wire trellis goes, And up this Romeo's ladder Clambers a bold white rose. I lounge in the ilex shadows, I see the lady lean, Unclasping her silken girdle, The curtain's folds between. She smiles on her white-rose lover, She reaches out her hand And helps him in at the window -- I see it [where]1 I stand! To her scarlet [lip]2 she holds him, And kisses him many a time. Ah me! it was he that won her Because he dared to climb!
Two songs
Song Cycle by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931)
1. Nocturne  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907), "Nocturne", appears in Flower and Thorn, first published 1877
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Chadwick: "when"
2 Chadwick: "lips"
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2. Song from the Persian  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
O sad are they who know not love But far from passions tears and smiles Drift down a moonless sea Beyond the silvery coasts of fairy Isles. And sadder they whose longing lips Kiss empty air and never touch The dear warm mouth of those they love Waiting, wasting, suffering much But clear as amber, fine as musk Is life to those who pilgrim-wise Move hand in hand From dawn to dusk Each morning nearer Paradise. O not for them shall angels pray; They stand in everlasting light - They walk in Allah's smile by day And nestle in his heart by night.
Authorship:
- by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907), no title, appears in Poems, in Two Songs from the Persian, no. 2, first published 1863
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