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Madison Cawein
16 quotes
“When the hornet hangs in the hollyhock, And the brown bee drones i' the rose, And the west is a red-streaked four-o'-clock And summer is near its close— It's—Oh for the gate and the lotus lane And dusk and dew and home again!”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) first seen 1902 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In the Lane", stanza 1, in A Voice on the Wind (Louisville: John P. Morton & Company, 1902), p. 44.
“A rope, a prayer, and an oak-tree near, And a score of hands to swing him clear. A grim, black thing for the setting sun And the moon and the stars to look upon.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Man Hunt", line 33, in The Vale of Tempe (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1905), p. 76.
“I am a part of all you see In Nature; part of all you feel: I am the impact of the bee Upon the blossom; in the tree I am the sap,—that shall reveal The leaf, the bloom,—that flows and flutes Up from the darkness through its roots.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Penetralia", line 1, in The Vale of Tempe (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1905), p. 133.
“This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain: They who have nothing have little to fear,— Nothing to lose or to gain.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At the End of the Road", line 1, in The Cup of Comus (New York: The Cameo Press, 1915), p. 20.
“At daybreak Morn shall come to me In raiment of the white winds spun.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A moonlight traveler in Fancy’s land.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some shall reap that never sow; And some shall toil and not attain.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Into the sunset’s turquoise marge The moon dips, like a pearly barge; Enchantment sails through magic seas, To fairyland Hesperides, Over the hills and away.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What magic shall solve us the secret Of beauty that’s born for an hour?”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Though sands be black and bitter black the sea, Light lie before me and behind me night, And God within far Heaven refuse to light The consolation of the dawn for me,— Between the shadowy bournes of Heaven and Hell, It is enough love leaves my soul to dwell With Memory.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why will we struggle to attain, and strive When all we gain is but an empty dream?— Better, unto my thinking, doth it seem To end it all and let who will survive;To find at last all beauty is but dust; That love and sorrow are the very same; That joy is only suffering's sweeter name; And sense is but the synonym of lust.Far better, yea, it seems to me to die; To set glad lips against the lips of Death— The only thing God gives that comforteth, The only thing we do not find a lie.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When death hath poured oblivion through my veins And brought me home, as all are brought, to lie In that vast house, common to serfs and thanes,— I shall not die, I shall not utterly die, For beauty born of beauty—that remains.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Old homes! old hearts! Upon my soul forever Their peace and gladness lie like tears and laughter.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Again let us dream where the land lies sunny, And live, like the bees, on our hearts' old honey, Away from the world that slaves for money— Come, journey the way with me.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are haunters of the silence, ghosts that hold the heart and brain.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some reckon time by stars, And some by hours: Some measure days by dreams, And some by flowers: My heart alone records My days and hours.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source