Nocturne + 

Romeo, grand sérieux, to importune + 

Guitar and hat in hand, beside the gate + 

With Juliet, in the usual debate + 

Of love, beneath a bored but courteous moon; + 

The conversation failing, strikes some tune + 

Banal, and out of pity for their fate + 

Behind the wall I have some servant wait, + 

Stab, and the lady sinks into a swoon. + 

Blood looks effective on the moonlit ground⁠— + 

The hero smiles; in my best mode oblique + 

Rolls toward the moon a frenzied eye profound, + 

(No need of “Love forever?”⁠—“Love next week?”) + 

While female readers all in tears are drowned:⁠— + 

“The perfect climax all true lovers seek!” + 