Chapter I: Front Matter

THE POEMS OF
MADISON CAWEIN

VOLUME III

NATURE POEMS

Undreamed of things that happened long ago Page 8

_A House in the Hills_]

THE POEMS OF
MADISON CAWEIN

_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

CONTENTS

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IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEECHES

ALONG THE OHIO 56

AMONG THE KNOBS 124

AUTUMN 53

BENEATH THE BEECHES 99

BLACK VESPER’S PAGEANTS 22

BOY COLUMBUS, THE 80

BRIDLE-PATH, THE 101

BROOK, THE 145

“BROKEN RAINBOW ON THE SKIES OF MAY, A” 71

COIGNE OF THE FOREST, A 6

DREAM, THE 63

DREAMS 143

FALL FANCIES 134

FALLEN BEECH, A 3

FALLS OF THE OHIO, THE 127

FARMSTEAD, THE 74

FOREST AND FIELD 29

GRASSHOPPER, THE 27

GRAY DAY, A 113

HAUNTED HOUSE, THE 49

HEART O’ SPRING, THE 69

HEAT 16

HOLLOW OF THE HILLS, A 97

HOUSE IN THE HILLS, A 8

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEECHES 1

IN THE WILDWOOD 96

INDIAN SUMMER 42

LATE OCTOBER 136

LOG-BRIDGE, THE 121

MILL-WATER, THE 60

MOOD O’ THE EARTH, THE 116

NIGHT 47

NOONING 119

NORTH BEACH, FLORIDA 82

NOVEMBER WALK, A 138

OLD FARM, THE 106

OLD INN, THE 58

OLD SWING, THE 146

ON THE JELLICO SPUR OF THE CUMBERLANDS 87

ORGIE 73

RAIN IN THE WOODS 13

SLEET-STORM IN MAY, A 67

SPRING TWILIGHT 65

STORM, THE 84

SUMMER 38

TO AUTUMN 148

TO SORROW 44

TO SUMMER 110

TWILIGHT MOTH, A 24

VINTAGER, THE 21

WHIPPOORWILL, THE 94

WHITE EVENING, THE 141

WIND, THE 10

WINTER DREAMS 149

YOUNG SEPTEMBER 19

TANSY AND SWEET-ALYSSUM

ABANDONED 233

AFTER LONG GRIEF AND PAIN 171

AIRY TONGUES 184

AMBITION 243

ARCANA 236

AUTUMN SORROW 212

BABY MARY 197

BARE BOUGHS 191

BEFORE THE END 226

BY THE TRYSTING-BEECH 170

CLEARING 210

“CLOUDS OF THE AUTUMN NIGHT” 167

COLD 228

COMRADERY 174

COMRADES 161

CREEK-ROAD, THE 232

COVERED BRIDGE, THE 231

DARK DAY OF SUMMER, A 213

DAYS AND DAYS 214

DESPAIR 245

DESPONDENCY 244

DROUTH IN AUTUMN 215

DUSK IN THE WOODS 159

FEN-FIRE, THE 199

FLOWER OF THE FIELDS, A 153

FULFILLMENT 237

HAUNTED WOODLAND, THE 172

HILLS OF THE WEST 204

HILLSIDE GRAVE, THE 230

HOAR-FROST 227

HOME 158

IMPERFECTION 235

IN SUMMER 216

IN WINTER 218

LAST WORD, A 249

MUSIC AND SLEEP 242

OCCULT 176

OLD SONG, AN 196

OMENS 234

ON STONY-RUN 156

ON THE FARM 219

OPIUM 241

PATHS 221

QUATRAINS 246

RAIN AND WIND 186

RED-BIRD, THE 209

ROCK, THE 163

SNOW 195

SOMNAMBULIST, THE 240

SONG IN SEASON, A 224

STANDING-STONE CREEK 165

SUNSET FANCY, A 198

THEN AND NOW 169

THRENODY, A 193

TOO LATE 238

UNDER ARCTURUS 188

WILLOW BOTTOM, THE 207

WIND AT NIGHT, THE 183

WIND OF SPRING, THE 206

WINTER MOON, THE 229

WITCH, THE 239

WOOD, THE 200

WOOD NOTES 202

WOOD WORDS 178

WEEDS BY THE WALL

AFTER RAIN 308

AGE OF GOLD, THE 313

ALONG THE STREAM 275

ANTHEM OF DAWN 331

ARTIST, THE 347

AT THE LANE’S END 334

BEECH BLOOMS 294

BEFORE THE RAIN 306

BLUEBIRD, THE 363

BROKEN DROUTH, THE 286

CAN SUCH THINGS BE 345

CAVERNS 364

CHIPMUNK, THE 266

CRICKET, THE 259

DREAMER, THE 355

DROUTH 283

ENCHANTMENT 343

FEUD 288