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The poems of Madison Cawein
Cawein, Madison Julius (1865-1914)
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Volume I LYRICS AND OLD WORLD IDYLLS
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Volume II NEW WORLD IDYLLS AND POEMS OF LOVE
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Volume III NATURE POEMS
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Volume IV POEMS OF MYSTERY AND OF MYTH AND ROMANCE
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Volume V Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field
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The poems of Madison Cawein
XII
He
laughs, wishing to dispel her seriousness:
If love I have had of you, you had of me,
Then doubtless our loving were over;
One would be less than the other, you see;
Since what you returned to your lover
Were only his own; and—
The poems of Madison Cawein