I mount the stairs and ring the bell, turning

Wearily, as one would turn to nod good-bye to Rochefoucauld,

If the street were time and he at the end of the street,

And I say, “Cousin Harriet, here is the Boston Evening Transcript.”

LA FIGLIA CHE PIANGE

O quam te memorem virgo...

tand on the highest pavement of the stair—

Stand on the highest pavement of the stair—

Lean on a garden urn—