| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| “A Wind Rose in the Night” |
| | | Aline Kilmer |
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| A WIND rose in the night, | |
| (She had always feared it so!) | |
| Sorrow plucked at my heart | |
| And I could not help but go. | |
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| Softly I went and stood | 5 |
| By her door at the end of the hall. | |
| Dazed with grief I watched | |
| The candles flaring and tall. | |
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| The wind was wailing aloud: | |
| I thought how she would have cried | 10 |
| For my warm familiar arms | |
| And the sense of me by her side. | |
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| The candles flickered and leapt, | |
| The shadows jumped on the wall. | |
| She lay before me small and still | 15 |
| And did not care at all. | |
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