Chapter III

VNDERTONES BY MADISON CAWEIN

BOSTON COPELAND AND DAY M D CCC XCVI

COPYRIGHT 1896 BY COPELAND AND DAY

INSCRIBED TO THE PATHETIC MEMORY OF THE POET HENRY TIMROD

_Long are the days, and three times long the nights. The weary hours are a heavy chain Upon the feet of all Earth's dear delights, Holding them ever prisoners to pain. What shall beguile me to believe again In hope, that faith within her parable writes Of life, care reads with eyes whose tear-drops stain? Shall such assist me to subdue the heights? Long is the night, and over long the day.-- The burden of all being!--is it worse Or better, lo! that they who toil and pray May win not more than they who toil and curse? A little sleep, a little love, ah me! And the slow weigh up the soul's Calvary!_

CONTENTS

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THE DREAMER 1

QUIET 2

UNQUALIFIED 3

UNENCOURAGED ASPIRATION 3

THE WOOD 4

WOOD NOTES 5

SUCCESS 7

SONG 7

THE OLD SPRING 8

HILLS OF THE WEST 10

FLOWERS 11

SECOND SIGHT 12

DEAD SEA FRUIT 13

THE WOOD WITCH 14

AT SUNSET 16

MAY 17

THE WIND OF SPRING 18

INTERPRETED 19

THE WILLOW BOTTOM 20

THE OLD BARN 22

CLEARING 23

REQUIEM 25

AT LAST 26

A DARK DAY 27

FALL 28

UNDERTONE 29