Nocturne

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!

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) , "Nocturne", from Flower and Thorn, published 1877

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by A. L. Barnes , "Nocturne", published 1898.
by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) , "Nocturne", published 1886 [tenor and piano], from Two songs, no. 1.
by C. Henshaw Dana (1846-1883) , "Up to her chamber window", published 1886.
by Arthur Foote (1853-1937) , "Up to her chamber window", op. 43 no. 5, published 1899.
by Fay Foster (1886-1960) , "In the ilex shadows", published 1916.
by Leslie L. Loth (1888-??) , "Romeo's ladder", published 1926.
by Albert A. Mack , "Nocturne", op. 14 no. 2, published 1904.
by Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) , "Nocturne", op. 20 (A Book of Songs) no. 7, published 1893.
by William Henry Pommer (1851-1937) , "Nocturne", published 1892.
by Joseph Deighn Redding (1859-1932) , "Romeo's ladder", published 1891.
by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837-1917) , "Up to her chamber window", published 1882.
by J. W. Seymour , "Nocturne", published 1887.
by Adelaide Train (fl. 19^th cent.) , "The rose", published 1893.
by Charles Dudley Underhill , "Up to her chamber window", published 1896.

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