A CALM, delightful autumn night; A moon's mysterious, misty light; A maiden at her window height, In proper robe of fleecy white. The little wicket gate ajar; A lover tripping from afar, With tuneful voice and light guitar, To woo his radiant guiding star. The lute gave forth a plaintive twang -- Oh, how that doting lover sang! A bull-dog with invidious fang -- A nip, a grip, and then a pang! A maiden swooning in affright, A lover in a piteous plight, A canine quivering with delight -- A wild, delirious autumn night! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET (6) by GEORGE SANTAYANA CACOETHES SCRIBENDI by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE HIGHWAYMAN by ALFRED NOYES EVOLUTION by JOHN BANISTER TABB EIGHTEEN SIXTY-ONE by WALT WHITMAN FABLE; ROME, 1875 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH MOUNTAIN FROLIC by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ADDRESS TO SUBSCRIBERS .. FUND FOR CLOTHING CHILDREN CHARITY SCHOOL by BERNARD BARTON |