BELLAGGIO. 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 I stand! To her scarlet lip she holds him, And kisses him many a time -- Ah, me! it was he that won her Because he dared to climb! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AD LESBIAM by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS A BALLAD OF HELL by JOHN DAVIDSON COLUMBUS by EDWARD EVERETT HALE THE THREE KINGS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SONG (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI CHRISTMAS EPITHALAMIUM by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. OVID TO HIS WIFE: IMITATED FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF TRISTIA by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |