VERSES
Reading edition
BY MADISON CAWEIN Author of "Myth and Romance," "Undertones," "Garden of Dreams," "Shapes and Shadows," etc., etc.
"I am God in nature; I am a weed by the wall." —Emerson.
LOUISVILLE JOHN P. MORTON & COMPANY 1901
Copyright, 1901, By MADISON J. CAWEIN
TO Dr. HENRY A. COTTELL Whose Kind Words of Friendship and Approval have Encouraged me when I Most Needed Encouragement.
For permission to reprint most of the poems included in this volume thanks are due to the "Atlantic Monthly," "Harper's Magazine" and "Bazar," "Lippincott's," "Saturday Evening Post," "New England Magazine," "Leslie's Monthly," "Smart Set," "Truth," "Outlook," "Independent," "Youth's Companion," "Woman's Home Companion," "Munsey's," and a number of other periodicals and magazines.