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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

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There are haunters of the silence, ghosts that hold the heart and brain.

New Poems (1909)

Some shall reap that never sow;
And some shall toil and not attain.

Undertones (1896)

Old homes! old hearts! Upon my soul forever
Their peace and gladness lie like tears and laughter.

Myth and Romance (1899)

What magic shall solve us the secret
Of beauty that’s born for an hour?

Undertones (1896)

At daybreak Morn shall come to me
In raiment of the white winds spun.

Undertones (1896)

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