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
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

CONTENTS

PAGE
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]
[Foreword][253]
[Immortelles][320]
[In the Forest][344]
[Knight-Errant][346]
[Love of Loves, The][316]
[Lullaby, A][321]
[Message of the Lilies, The][329]
[Mid-winter][357]
[Musings][325]
[On Chenoweth’s Run][300]
[Path by the Creek, The][271]
[Pestilence][324]
[Poetry and Philosophy][348]
[Quatrains][351]
[Quest, The][304]
[“Quo Vadis”][349]
[Reincarnation][299]
[Requiescat][302]
[Response][360]
[Riches][312]
[Road Home, The][280]
[Screech-Owl, The][264]
[Simulacra][362]
[Song for Labor, A][314]
[Spring][358]
[Sunset and Storm][293]
[Sunset Clouds][311]
[Swashbuckler, The][361]
[Tree Toad, The][262]
[Three Things][318]
[To a Critic][350]
[Transformation][359]
[Unanointed][290]
[Unheard][298]
[Voices][278]
[Wild Iris, The][268]
[Winter][356]
[Worship][297]
A VOICE ON THE WIND
[A. D. Nineteen Hundred][479]
[Adventurers][457]
[Afterword][483]
[Allurement][422]
[August][423]
[Bush-Sparrow, The][426]
[Content][443]
[Communicants][420]
[Dead Day, The][421]
[Death of Love, The][462]
[Discovery][447]
[Dream Shape, A][432]
[Dusk][473]
[Earth and Moon][472]
[End of Summer, The][475]
[Epiphany][408]
[Evening on the Farm][401]
[Fall][440]
[Forest Spring, The][450]
[Frost][456]
[Hills, The][452]
[In the Lane][406]
[Invocation][458]
[July][398]
[Land of Hearts Made Whole, The][372]
[Leaf-Cricket, The][384]
[Life][409]
[Light and Wind][469]
[Love Despised][465]
[Love, The Interpreter][464]
[Maid Who Died Old, A][418]
[May][438]
[Meeting in the Woods][413]
[Music][430]
[October][445]
[Of the Slums][468]
[Old Barn, The][434]
[Old Spring, The][448]
[Owlet, The][387]
[Passing Glory, The][476]
[Pearls][466]
[Poet, The][390]
[Proem][367]
[Prototypes][477]
[Quatrains][481]
[Quiet][429]
[Rain][439]
[Rose and Rue][415]
[September][474]
[Song of the Thrush, The][454]
[Summer Noontide][393]
[Sunset in Autumn][441]
[Superstition][478]
[To the Locust][396]
[Touches][471]
[Transmutation][455]
[Unanswered][463]
[Uncalled][480]
[Under the Hunter’s Moon][404]
[Voice on the Wind, A][369]
[Wind of Summer, The][378]
[Wind of Winter, The][382]
[Winds, The][470]
[Woman Speaks, The][467]
[Wood Witch, The][436]