Whitman's poem beginning "The vault at Pfaffs" and Aldrich's "At the Cafe" tells both patrons from Pfaff's who hide a secret of sorrow with the mind of the bar.
Whitman's poem beginning "The vault at Pfaffs" and Aldrich's "At the Cafe" both describe patrons of Pfaff's who hide a secret sorrow amid the merriment at the bar.