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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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[BLOOMS OF THE BERRY]

[Wine-warm winds that sigh and sing]

THE SWEET O' THE YEAR

IN MIDDLE SPRING

A SPRING SHOWER

SPIRITS OF SPRING

A DREAMER OF DREAMS

A STORMY SUNSET

A WOODLAND GRAVE

THE SOUND OF THE SAP

THE FAMILY BURYING GROUND

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MOONRISE AT SEA

WITH THE SEASONS

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[IN THE GARDENS OF FALERINA]

THE GARDENS OF FALERINA

THE VALLEY OF MUSIC

AMADIS AT MIRAFLORES

YOLANDA OF THE TOWERS

JAAFER THE BARMECIDE

A PRE-EXISTENCE

A WOMAN OF THE WORLD

PERLE DES JARDINS

THE EVE OF ALL-SAINTS

LOVE AS IT WAS IN THE TIME OF LOUIS XIV

THE MINSTREL AND THE PRINCESS

THE ALCALDE'S DAUGHTER

LOKÉ AND SIGYN

WAR-SONG OF HARALD THE RED

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[OLD WORLD IDYLLS]

TO R. E. LEE GIBSON

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ACCOLON OF GAUL

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PEREDUR, THE SON OF EVRAWC

THE DREAM OF SIR GALAHAD

AFTER THE TOURNAMENT

THE BLIND HARPER

THE LADY OF THE HILLS

THE DEMON LOVER

A PRINCESS OF THULE

THE DAUGHTER OF MERLIN

TRISTRAM TO ISOLT

THE KNIGHT-ERRANT

THE MOATED MANSE

AN OLD TALE RETOLD

MY LADY OF VERNE

AT THE CORREGIDOR'S

THE ROSICRUCIAN

THE NORMAN KNIGHT

THE KHALIF AND THE ARAB

THE SEVEN DEVILS

ROMAUNT OF THE ROSES

BEHRAM AND EDDETMA

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Volume II NEW WORLD IDYLLS AND POEMS OF LOVE

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[NEW WORLD IDYLLS]

[O lyrist of the lowly and the true]

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ONE DAY AND ANOTHER

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PART I LATE SPRING

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PART II EARLY SUMMER

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PART III LATE SUMMER

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PART IV LATE AUTUMN

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RED LEAVES AND ROSES

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WILD THORN AND LILY

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THE IDYLL OF THE STANDING-STONE

SOME SUMMER DAYS

AN EPIC OF SOUTH-FORK

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DEEP IN THE FOREST

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I SPRING ON THE HILLS

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II THE WOOD SPIRIT

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IV MOSS AND FERN

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V WOODLAND WATERS

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VI THE THORN-TREE

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VII THE HAMADRYAD

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WAR-TIME SILHOUETTES.

MOSBY AT HAMILTON

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[POEMS OF LOVE]

[What though I dreamed of mountain heights]

HEART OF MY HEART

THE BURDEN OF DESIRE

THE CASTLE OF LOVE

ANDALIA AND THE SPRINGTIME

OLIVIA IN THE AUTUMN

SYLVIA OF THE WOODLAND

LORA OF THE VALES

ORIENTAL ROMANCE

THE TOLLMAN'S DAUGHTER

CREOLE SERENADE

IDEAL DIVINATION

WILL O' THE WISPS

“IF I WERE HER LOVER”

AMONG THE ACRES OF THE WOOD

“SHE IS SO MUCH”

TRANSUBSTANTIATION

LOVE IN A GARDEN

WHEN SHIPS PUT OUT TO SEA

A CHRISTMAS CATCH

A SONG FOR YULE

THE HEART'S DESIRE

OUT OF THE DEPTHS

“THIS IS THE FACE OF HER”

THE FOREST POOL

THE DAUGHTER OF THE SNOW

THE SPIRIT OF THE STAR

THE SPIRIT OF THE VAN

THE CAVERNS OF KAF

THE SPIRITS OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS

THE WATER WITCH

THE OLD MAN DREAMS

“WHEN SHE DRAWS NEAR”

REED CALL FOR APRIL

MEETING IN SUMMER

HER VIVIEN EYES

HER VESPER SONG

THE GLORY AND THE DREAM

“WERE I AN ARTIST”

IN THE GARDEN OF GIRLS

“COME TO THE HILLS”

WILL YOU FORGET?

AN AUTUMN NIGHT

A DAUGHTER OF THE STATES

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Volume III NATURE POEMS

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[IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEECHES]

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEECHES

A COIGNE OF THE FOREST

A HOUSE IN THE HILLS

RAIN IN THE WOODS

YOUNG SEPTEMBER

BLACK VESPER'S PAGEANTS

A TWILIGHT MOTH

THE GRASSHOPPER

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FOREST AND FIELD

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THE HAUNTED HOUSE

SPRING TWILIGHT

A SLEET-STORM IN MAY

THE HEART O' SPRING

“A BROKEN RAINBOW ON THE SKIES OF MAY”

THE BOY COLUMBUS

NORTH BEACH, FLORIDA

ON THE JELLICO SPUR OF THE CUMBERLANDS

THE WHIPPOORWILL

IN THE WILDWOOD

A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS

BENEATH THE BEECHES

THE BRIDLE-PATH

THE MOOD O' THE EARTH

AMONG THE KNOBS

THE FALLS OF THE OHIO

A NOVEMBER WALK

THE WHITE EVENING

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TANSY AND SWEET-ALYSSUM

A FLOWER OF THE FIELDS

DUSK IN THE WOODS

STANDING-STONE CREEK

“CLOUDS OF THE AUTUMN NIGHT”

BY THE TRYSTING-BEECH

AFTER LONG GRIEF AND PAIN

THE HAUNTED WOODLAND

THE WIND AT NIGHT

HILLS OF THE WEST

THE WIND OF SPRING

THE WILLOW BOTTOM

A DARK DAY OF SUMMER

DROUTH IN AUTUMN

A SONG IN SEASON

THE WINTER MOON

THE HILLSIDE GRAVE

THE COVERED BRIDGE

THE SOMNAMBULIST

MUSIC AND SLEEP

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[WEEDS BY THE WALL]

THE SCREECH-OWL

THE PATH BY THE CREEK

ALONG THE STREAM

THE BROKEN DROUTH

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SUNSET AND STORM

ON CHENOWETH'S RUN

BEFORE THE RAIN

THE AGE OF GOLD

A SONG FOR LABOR

THE LOVE OF LOVES

THE MESSAGE OF THE LILIES

AT THE LANE'S END

CAN SUCH THINGS BE

POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY

“QUO VADIS”

THE SWASHBUCKLER

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A VOICE ON THE WIND

A VOICE ON THE WIND

THE LAND OF HEARTS MADE WHOLE

THE WIND OF SUMMER

THE WIND OF WINTER

THE LEAF-CRICKET

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SUMMER NOONTIDE

EVENING ON THE FARM

UNDER THE HUNTER'S MOON

MEETING IN THE WOODS

A MAID WHO DIED OLD

THE BUSH-SPARROW

SUNSET IN AUTUMN

THE FOREST SPRING

THE SONG OF THE THRUSH

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THE DEATH OF LOVE

LOVE, THE INTERPRETER

THE WOMAN SPEAKS

THE END OF SUMMER

THE PASSING GLORY

A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED

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Volume IV POEMS OF MYSTERY AND OF MYTH AND ROMANCE

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[POEMS OF MYSTERY]

THE ELIXIR OF LOVE

THE IMAGE IN THE GLASS

THE LEGEND OF THE STONE

THE RUINED MILL

ON FLOYD'S FORK

THE WOMAN BY THE WATER

A STREET OF GHOSTS

BEFORE THE TOMB

ROMAUNT OF THE OAK

A REED SHAKEN WITH THE WIND

WOMAN'S PORTION

IN THE OWL-LIGHT

THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN

WILL-O'-THE-WISP

THE FOREST OF DREAMS

THE CITY OF DARKNESS

UNDER DARK SKIES

THE WORLD OF FAERY

THERE ARE FAIRIES

ON MIDSUMMER NIGHT

THE DANCE OF THE FAIRIES

SONG OF THE ELF

AN ELF SWASHBUCKLER

ON THE EVE OF ST. JOHN

THE WATER-FAIRY

THE MORNING-GLORIES

THE MOTH, THE ROSE, AND THE PINK

THE LITTLE PEOPLE

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CHILDREN O' THE MOON

A MOTIVE IN GOLD AND GRAY

THE OLD HOUSE BY THE MERE

IN AN OLD GARDEN

THE HAUNTED ROOM

THE HALL OF DARKNESS

WHAT DREAMS MAY COME

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[POEMS OF MYTH AND ROMANCE]

MYTH AND ROMANCE

BEFORE THE TEMPLE

THE RUE-ANEMONE

THE PAPHIAN VENUS

VINE AND SYCAMORE

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PARTING OF LEANDER AND HERO

THE SPIRIT OF THE FOREST SPRING

TO A PANSY-VIOLET

THE OLD WATER-MILL

THE HARVEST MOON

FIELD AND FOREST CALL

DOLCE FAR NIENTE

THE PURPLE VALLEYS

THE LAND OF ILLUSION

THE DREAM OF RODERICK

SPIRIT OF DREAMS

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TO HARRISON S. MORRIS

AN INDIAN LEGEND

AN INDIAN LEGEND

JOHN DAVIS, BOUCANIER

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A LEGEND OF THE LILY

THE END OF THE CENTURY

THE ISLE OF VOICES

AT THE SIGN OF THE SKULL

LA JEUNESSE ET LA MORT

A ROSE O' THE HILLS

THE WHITE VIGIL

A STUDY IN GRAY

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Volume V Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field

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[POEMS OF MEDITATION]

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INTIMATIONS OF THE BEAUTIFUL

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THE MOATED GRANGE

POPPY AND MANDRAGORA

CHRYSELEPHANTINE

SIC VOS NON VOBIS

ESOTERIC BEAUTY

PROEM TO “UNDERTONES”

UNENCOURAGED ASPIRATION

THE HOUSE OF SONG

THE WORLD'S DESIRE

THE UNATTAINABLE

WORLD'S ATTAINMENT

DISENCHANTMENT OF DEATH

A SONG FOR OLD AGE

“WHEN THE WINE-CUP AT THE LIP”

THE EVANESCENT BEAUTIFUL

THE HIGHER BROTHERHOOD

TO A WINDFLOWER

THE LIGHT AND LARK

THE JESSAMINE AND THE MORNING-GLORY

THE TOAD IN THE SKULL

THE HOUSE OF DEATH

TO ONE READING THE MORTE D'ARTHURE

ABOVE THE VALES

TIME AND DEATH AND LOVE

TRISTRAM AND ISOLT

THE SPRING IN FLORIDA

THE HOUSE OF FEAR

THE PURITANS' CHRISTMAS

THE POET OF THE SIERRAS

“THE FATHERS OF OUR FATHERS”

MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN

UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES

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[POEMS OF FOREST AND FIELD]

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IN SOLITARY PLACES

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THE FOREST OF SHADOWS

“ROSE LEAVES, WHEN THE ROSE IS DEAD”

MUSIC AND MOONLIGHT

THE VALE OF TEMPE

THE BALLAD OF LOW-LIE-DOWN

WHIPPOORWILL TIME

THE LAMP AT THE WINDOW

A SONG OF THE SNOW

THE EGRET HUNTER

THE MIRACLE OF THE DAWN

THE HEAVEN-BORN

THE BALLAD OF THE ROSE

BERTRAND DE BORN

THE TROUBADOUR, PONS DE CAPDEUIL

THE OLD HERB-MAN

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THE WILLOW WATER

THE LOST GARDEN

LATE OCTOBER WOODS

IN THE BEECH WOODS

THE WORD IN THE WOOD

GOD'S GREEN BOOK

SUNSET ON THE RIVER

DAYS COME AND GO

THE WANING YEAR

WHAT OF IT THEN

THE ROSE'S SECRET

THE HUSHED HOUSE

THE FIRST QUARTER

ON THE HILLTOP.

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WHAT OF IT THEN

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Well, what of it then, if your heart be weighed with the yoke
Of the world's neglect? and the smoke
Of doubt, blown into your eyes, makes night of your road?
And the sting of the goad,
The merciless goad of scorn,
And the rise and fall
Of the whip of necessity gall,
Till your heart, forlorn,
Indignant, in rage would rebel?
And your bosom fill,
And sobbingly swell,
With bitterness, yea, against God and 'gainst Fate,
Fate, and the world of men,
What of it then? . . .
Let it be as it will,
If you labor and wait,

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You, too, will arrive, and the end for you, too, will be well.
What of it then, say I! yea, what of it then!

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Well, what of it then? if the hate of the world and of men
Make wreck of your dreams again?
What of it then
If contumely and sneer,
And ignorant jibe and jeer,
Be heaped upon all that you do and dream:
And the irresistible stream
Of events overwhelm and submerge
All effort—or so it may seem?
Not all, not all shall be lost,
Not all, in the merciless gurge
And pitiless surge!—
Though you see it tempestuously tossed,
Though you see it sink down or sweep by,
Not in vain did you strive, not in vain!
The struggle, the longing and toil
Of hand and of heart and of brain,
Not in vain was it all, say I!
For out of the wild turmoil
And seething and soil

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Of Time, some part of the whole will arise,
Arise and remain,
In spite of the wrath of the skies
And the hate of men.—
What of it then, say I! yea, what of it then!