The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Romance

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. "Romance." New York Saturday Press, September 16, 1865, 103.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

A young woman mistakenly identifies a man at her window as a potential lover, only to realize that he is actually there to elope with someone else. The young woman is left to reflect on the foolishness of love.