Produced by David Garcia, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) UNDERTONES By Madison Cawein OATEN STOP SERIES 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 PAGE 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 CONCLUSION 30 MONOCHROMES 32 DAYS AND DAYS 34 DROUTH IN AUTUMN 35 MID-WINTER 36 COLD 37 IN WINTER 38 ON THE FARM 39 PATHS 41 A SONG IN SEASON 43 APART 44 FAERY MORRIS 45 THE WORLD'S DESIRE 46 THE UNATTAINABLE 47 REMEMBERED 51 THE SEA SPIRIT 52 A DREAM SHAPE 53 THE VAMPIRE 54 WILL-O'-THE-WISP 56 THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN 57 THE WERE-WOLF 59 THE TROGLODYTE 62 THE CITY OF DARKNESS 63 TRANSMUTATION 65 * * * * * UNDERTONES THE DREAMER