Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich / [by Thomas Bailey Aldrich] [electronic text]
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Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich / [by Thomas Bailey Aldrich] [electronic text]
Author
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907
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Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1885
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MARÈCHAL NIEL.
BEFORE those counterscarps of lace, Which offer such undreamed resistance, I have so fallen into disgrace, O Marshal, that I crave assistance.
In vain I send my Jacqueminot Each day to speak her fair and tender; With scornful lip the lovely foe Each day refuses to surrender.
I cry you help, O flower of knights,Upon my bended knee I sue it; If any man can scale those heights, You, Marshal, you're the man can do it!
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To plant above that heart of steel (In front of which I bend despairing) Your golden ensign—Marshal Niel, It were a venture worth your daring!
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