THE POEMS OF M A D I S O N C A W E I N Volume III NATURE POEMS

Illustrated WITH PHOTOGRAVURES AFTER PAINTINGS BY ERIC PAPE INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902 and 1907, by Madison Cawein Copyright 1896, by Copeland and Day; 1898, by R. H. Russell PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. TO DOCTOR HENRY A. COTTELL WHOSE KIND WORDS OF FRIENDSHIP AND APPROVAL HAVE ENCOURAGED ME WHEN I MOST NEEDED ENCOURAGEMENT

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEECHES{1}

{3}

A FALLEN BEECH

{6}

A COIGNE OF THE FOREST

{8}

A HOUSE IN THE HILLS

{10}

THE WIND

{13}

RAIN IN THE WOODS

{16}

HEAT

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

{19}

YOUNG SEPTEMBER

I

II

III

IV

{21}

THE VINTAGER

{22}

BLACK VESPER’S PAGEANTS

{24}

A TWILIGHT MOTH

{27}

THE GRASSHOPPER

I

II

III

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FOREST AND FIELD

I

II

{34}

III

IV

{38}

SUMMER

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

{42}

INDIAN SUMMER

{44}

TO SORROW

I

II

III

IV

{47}

NIGHT

{49}

THE HAUNTED HOUSE

I

II

III

IV

V

{53}

AUTUMN

{56}

ALONG THE OHIO

{58}

THE OLD INN

THE MILL-WATER

{63}

THE DREAM

{65}

SPRING TWILIGHT

{67}

A SLEET-STORM IN MAY

{69}

THE HEART O’ SPRING

{71}

“A BROKEN RAINBOW ON THE SKIES OF MAY”

{73}

ORGIE

{74}

THE FARMSTEAD

{80}

THE BOY COLUMBUS

{82}

NORTH BEACH, FLORIDA

{84}

THE STORM

{87}

ON THE JELLICO SPUR OF THE CUMBERLANDS

To ...

{94}

THE WHIPPOORWILL

I

II

III

{96}

IN THE WILDWOOD

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A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS

I

II

III

IV

V

{99}

BENEATH THE BEECHES

I

II

{100}

III

IV

{101}

THE BRIDLE-PATH

I

II

III

IV

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V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

{106}

THE OLD FARM

{110}

TO SUMMER

I

II

III

IV

{112}

V

{113}

A GRAY DAY

I

II

{114}

III

IV

V

{115}

VI

VII

{116}

THE MOOD O’ THE EARTH

{119}

NOONING

I

II

{120}

III

IV

{121}

THE LOG-BRIDGE

I

II

III

IV

{124}

AMONG THE KNOBS

{127}

THE FALLS OF THE OHIO

1885.{134}

FALL FANCIES

{136}

LATE OCTOBER

{138}

A NOVEMBER WALK

I Morning

II Evening

{141}

THE WHITE EVENING

{143}

DREAMS

{145}

THE BROOK

{146}

THE OLD SWING

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TO AUTUMN

{149}

WINTER DREAMS

{151}

TANSY AND SWEET-ALYSSUM

{152}

{153}

A FLOWER OF THE FIELDS

{156}

ON STONY-RUN

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HOME

{159}

DUSK IN THE WOODS

{161}

COMRADES

{163}

THE ROCK

{165}

STANDING-STONE CREEK

{167}

“CLOUDS OF THE AUTUMN NIGHT”

{169}

THEN AND NOW

{170}

BY THE TRYSTING-BEECH

{171}

AFTER LONG GRIEF AND PAIN

{172}

THE HAUNTED WOODLAND

{174}

COMRADERY

{176}

OCCULT

{178}

WOOD-WORDS

I

II

III

{181}

IV

{183}

THE WIND AT NIGHT

I

II

{184}

AIRY TONGUES

I

II

RAIN AND WIND

{188}

UNDER ARCTURUS

I

II

III

IV

{191}

BARE BOUGHS

{193}

A THRENODY

I

II

III

{194}

IV

{195}

SNOW

{196}

AN OLD SONG

I

II

BABY MARY

{198}

A SUNSET FANCY

{199}

THE FEN-FIRE

{200}

THE WOOD

{202}

WOOD NOTES

I

II

HILLS OF THE WEST

{206}

THE WIND OF SPRING

{207}

THE WILLOW BOTTOM

{209}

THE RED-BIRD

{210}

CLEARING

{212}

AUTUMN SORROW

{213}

A DARK DAY OF SUMMER

{214}

DAYS AND DAYS

{215}

DROUTH IN AUTUMN

{216}

IN SUMMER

{218}

IN WINTER

I

II

{219}

ON THE FARM

I

II

III

IV

PATHS

I

II

III

IV

{224}

A SONG IN SEASON

I

II

{225}

III

{226}

BEFORE THE END

{227}

HOAR-FROST

{228}

COLD

{229}

THE WINTER MOON

{230}

THE HILLSIDE GRAVE

{231}

THE COVERED BRIDGE

{232}

THE CREEK-ROAD

{233}

ABANDONED

{234}

OMENS

{235}

IMPERFECTION

{236}

ARCANA

{237}

FULFILLMENT

{238}

TOO LATE

{239}

THE WITCH

{240}

THE SOMNAMBULIST

{241}

OPIUM

On reading De Quincey’s “Confessions of an Opium Eater.”

{242}

MUSIC AND SLEEP

{243}

AMBITION

{244}

DESPONDENCY

{245}

DESPAIR

{246}

QUATRAINS

I Penury

II Strategy

III Tempest

{247}

IV The Locust Blossom

V Melancholy

VI Content

{248}

VII Life and Death

VIII Sorrow

{249}

A LAST WORD

{251}

{250}

NATURE POEMS (SECOND SERIES)

{252}

{253}

FOREWORD

{257}

{256}

WEEDS BY THE WALL

{258}

{259}

THE CRICKET

I

II

III

{261}

IV

{262}

THE TREE TOAD

I

II

III

IV

{264}

THE SCREECH-OWL

I

II

III

{266}

THE CHIPMUNK

I

II

III

IV

{268}

THE WILD IRIS

{271}

THE PATH BY THE CREEK

{275}

ALONG THE STREAM

{278}

VOICES

THE ROAD HOME

{283}

DROUTH

I

II

III

{285}

IV

{286}

THE BROKEN DROUTH

{288}

FEUD

{290}

UNANOINTED

I

II

III

{293}

SUNSET AND STORM

{294}

BEECH BLOOMS

{297}

WORSHIP

I

II

{298}

UNHEARD

{299}

REINCARNATION

{300}

ON CHENOWETH’S RUN

{302}

REQUIESCAT

{304}

THE QUEST

I

II

{305}

III

IV

{306}

BEFORE THE RAIN

{308}

AFTER RAIN

{311}

SUNSET CLOUDS

{312}

RICHES

{313}

THE AGE OF GOLD

{314}

A SONG FOR LABOR

I

II

{315}

III

{316}

THE LOVE OF LOVES

{318}

THREE THINGS

{320}

IMMORTELLES

I

II

{321}

A LULLABY

I

{322}

II

III

{324}

PESTILENCE

{325}

MUSINGS

I Inspiration

II Apportionment

III Victory

{326}

IV Preparation

V Disillusion

VI Success

VII Science

VIII The Universal Wind

IX Compensation

X Poppies

XI Her Eyes and Mouth

XII Her Soul

XIII Her Face

{329}

THE MESSAGE OF THE LILIES

ANTHEM OF DAWN

I

{332}

II

III

{334}

AT THE LANE’S END

I

II

{338}

III

{343}

ENCHANTMENT

{344}

IN THE FOREST

{345}

CAN SUCH THINGS BE

{346}

KNIGHT-ERRANT

{347}

THE ARTIST

{348}

POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY

{349}

“QUO VADIS”

{350}

TO A CRITIC

R. H. S.

{351}

QUATRAINS

I Poetry

II The Unimaginative

III Music

IV The Three Elements

V Rome

VI On Reading the Life of Haroun er Reshid

{353}

VII Mnemosyne

VIII Beauty

IX The Stars

{354}

X Echo

{355}

THE DREAMER

{356}

WINTER

{357}

MID-WINTER

{358}

SPRING

{359}

TRANSFORMATION

{360}

RESPONSE

{361}

THE SWASHBUCKLER

{362}

SIMULACRA

{363}

THE BLUEBIRD

{364}

CAVERNS

Written of Colossal Cave, Kentucky.

{365}

A VOICE ON THE WIND

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{367}

PROEM

{369}

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A VOICE ON THE WIND

I

II

III

IV

V

THE LAND OF HEARTS MADE WHOLE

{378}

THE WIND OF SUMMER

{382}

THE WIND OF WINTER

{384}

THE LEAF-CRICKET

I

II

III

{386}

IV

{387}

THE OWLET

I

II

III

THE POET

{393}

SUMMER NOONTIDE

{396}

TO THE LOCUST

{398}

JULY

{401}

EVENING ON THE FARM

{404}

UNDER THE HUNTER’S MOON

{406}

IN THE LANE

{408}

EPIPHANY

{409}

LIFE

I Pessimist

II Optimist

{413}

MEETING IN THE WOODS

{415}

ROSE AND RUE

{418}

A MAID WHO DIED OLD

{420}

COMMUNICANTS

{421}

THE DEAD DAY

{422}

ALLUREMENT

{423}

AUGUST

I

II

III

IV

{425}

V

{426}

THE BUSH-SPARROW

I

II

III

QUIET

{430}

MUSIC

{432}

A DREAM SHAPE

{433}

{434}

THE OLD BARN

{436}

THE WOOD WITCH

{438}

MAY

{439}

RAIN

I

II

{440}

FALL

{441}

SUNSET IN AUTUMN

{443}

CONTENT

{445}

OCTOBER

{447}

DISCOVERY

{448}

THE OLD SPRING

I

II

{449}

III

{450}

THE FOREST SPRING

{452}

THE HILLS

{454}

THE SONG OF THE THRUSH

{455}

TRANSMUTATION

{456}

FROST

{457}

ADVENTURERS

{458}

INVOCATION

I

II

III

IV

{462}

THE DEATH OF LOVE

{463}

UNANSWERED

LOVE, THE INTERPRETER

{465}

LOVE DESPISED

{466}

PEARLS

{467}

THE WOMAN SPEAKS

{468}

OF THE SLUMS

{469}

LIGHT AND WIND

{470}

THE WINDS

{471}

TOUCHES

{472}

EARTH AND MOON

{473}

DUSK

{474}

SEPTEMBER

{475}

THE END OF SUMMER

THE PASSING GLORY

{477}

PROTOTYPES

{478}

SUPERSTITION

{479}

A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED

{480}

UNCALLED

{481}

QUATRAINS

I Moths and Fireflies

II Autumn Wildflowers

III The Wind in the Pines

IV Opportunity

V Dreams

{483}

AFTERWORD