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]
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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907
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Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1885
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"Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich / [by Thomas Bailey Aldrich] [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAD9188.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 21, 2025.

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A WINTER PIECE.

Sous le voile qui vous protége, Défiant les regards jaloux, Si vous sortez par cette neige, Redoutez vos pieds andalous.
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER.
BENEATH the heavy veil you wear, Shielded from jealous eyes you go; But of your pretty feet have care If you should venture through the snow.
Howe'er you tread, a dainty mould Betrays that light foot all the same; Upon this glistening, snowy fold At every step it signs your name,

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Thus guided, one might come too close Upon the slyly-hidden nest Where Psyche, with her cheek's cold rose, On Love's warm bosom lies at rest.
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