VERSES BY MADISON CAWEIN Author of "Myth and Romance,"
CONTENTS.
FOREWORD.
A WILD IRIS.
THE PATH BY THE CREEK.
THE ROAD HOME.
A TWILIGHT MOTH.
ALONG THE STREAM.
THE CRICKET. I.
VOICES.
THE GRASSHOPPER.
THE TREE TOAD. I. Secluded, solitary on some underbough, Or
THE SCREECH-OWL.
THE CHIPMUNK.
LOVE AND A DAY. I. In girandoles of gladioles The day had
DROUTH. I. The hot sunflowers by the glaring pike Lift shields
BEFORE THE RAIN.
THE BROKEN DROUTH.
FEUD.
UNANOINTED. I. Upon the Siren-haunted seas, between Fate's
THE END OF ALL. I. I do not love you now, O narrow heart, that
SUNSET AND STORM.
BEECH BLOOMS.
WORSHIP. I. The mornings raise Voices of gold in the Almighty's
UNHEARD.
REINCARNATION.
ON CHENOWETH'S RUN.
HOME AGAIN.
A STREET OF GHOSTS.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEECHES.
REQUIESCAT.
THE QUEST. I. First I asked the honey-bee, Busy in the balmy
MEETING AND PARTING. I. When from the tower, like some sweet
LOVE IN A GARDEN. I. Between the rose's and the canna's
FLORIDIAN. I. The cactus and the aloe bloom Beneath the window
THE GOLDEN HOUR. I. She comes, the dreamy daughter Of day and
REED CALL FOR APRIL. I. When April comes, and pelts with buds
"THE YEARS WHEREIN I NEVER KNEW."
MIGNON.
QUI DOCET, DISCIT. I. When all the world was white with
TRANSUBSTANTIATION. I. A sunbeam and a drop of dew Lay on a red
HELEN.
A CAMEO.
LA JEUNESSE ET LA MORT. I. Unto her fragrant face and hair,
LOVE AND LOSS.
SUNSET CLOUDS.
MASKED.
OUT OF THE DEPTHS. I. Let me forget her face! So fresh, so
RICHES.
BEAUTY AND ART.
THE AGE OF GOLD.
THE LOVE OF LOVES.
THREE THINGS.
IMMORTELLES. I.
A LULLABY. I. In her wimple of wind and her slippers of sleep
DUM VIVIMUS. I. Now with the marriage of the lip and beaker Let
FAILURE.
THE CUP OF JOY.
PESTILENCE.
MUSINGS. INSPIRATION. All who have toiled for Art, who've won
AT THE SIGN OF THE SKULL.
A CAVALIER'S TOAST. I. Some drink to Friendship, some to
SLEEP IS A SPIRIT.
KENNST DU DAS LAND. FROM THE GERMAN OF GOETHE. Know'st thou the
AT MIDNIGHT.
THE MAN IN GRAY. Written for the Reunion of the Confederate
HALLOWE'EN.
THE IMAGE IN THE GLASS. I. The slow reflection of a woman's
HER PRAYER.
THE MESSAGE OF THE LILIES.
A LEGEND OF THE LILY.
THE END OF THE CENTURY.
THE ISLE OF VOICES.
A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED.
CAVERNS. Written of Colossal Cave, Kentucky. Aisles and
OF THE SLUMS.
THE WINDS.
PROTOTYPES.
TOUCHES.
THE WOMAN SPEAKS.
LOVE, THE INTERPRETER.
UNANSWERED.
EARTH AND MOON.
PEARLS.
IN THE FOREST.
ENCHANTMENT.
DUSK.
THE BLUE BIRD.
CAN SUCH THINGS BE?
THE PASSING GLORY.
SEPTEMBER.
HOODOO.
THE OTHER WOMAN.
A SONG FOR LABOR. I. Oh, the morning meads, the dewy meads,
AFTERWORD.
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