Chapter I: Front Matter

THE POEMS OF
MADISON CAWEIN

VOLUME II

NEW WORLD IDYLLS AND
POEMS OF LOVE

Ah, girlhood, through the rosy haze
Come like a moonbeam slipping. Page 3
_One Day and Another_

THE POEMS OF
MADISON CAWEIN

_Volume II_

NEW WORLD
IDYLLS AND POEMS
OF LOVE

_Illustrated_
WITH PHOTOGRAVURES AFTER PAINTINGS
BY ERIC PAPE

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1896,
1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1907, BY MADISON CAWEIN

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY COPELAND AND DAY; 1898, BY R. H RUSSELL; 1901,
BY RICHARD G. BADGER AND COMPANY

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WITH ENDURING FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND LOYALTY
TO
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

CONTENTS

NEW WORLD IDYLLS

PAGE

BROTHERS, THE 246

DEAD MAN’S RUN 241

DEEP IN THE FOREST 196

EPIC OF SOUTH-FORK, AN 180

FEUD, THE 237

IDYLL OF THE STANDING-STONE, THE 161

LYNCHERS 239

MOSBY AT HAMILTON 235

NIELLO, A 192

ONE DAY AND ANOTHER 1

RAID, THE 244

RED LEAVES AND ROSES 116

SIREN SANDS 217

SOME SUMMER DAYS 171

WAR-TIME SILHOUETTES 224

WILD THORN AND LILY 122

WRECKAGE 209

POEMS OF LOVE

AFTER DEATH 482

AMONG THE ACRES OF THE WOOD 343

AN AUTUMN NIGHT 519

ANDALIA AND THE SPRINGTIME 304

APART 356

APOCALYPSE 327

AT HER GRAVE 386

AT NINEVEH 476

AT PARTING 509

AT SUNSET 405

AT THE STILE 288

AT TWENTY-ONE 351

AT TWILIGHT 391

BLIND GOD, THE 357

BURDEN OF DESIRE, THE 274

CAN I FORGET? 328

CARA MIA 358

CARISSIMA MEA 517

CARMEN 473

CASTLE OF LOVE, THE 295

CAVERNS OF KAF, THE 431

CHORDS 382

CHRISTMAS CATCH, A 378

“COME TO THE HILLS” 512

CONCLUSION 529

CONFESSION, A 388

CONSECRATION 298

CONSTANCE 362

CONTRASTS 516

CREOLE SERENADE 321

DAUGHTER OF THE SNOW, THE 414

DAUGHTER OF THE STATES, A 521

DAY AND NIGHT 392

DEAD AND GONE 406