
DAYS AND DREAMS - POEMS - BY - MADISON CAWEIN - AUTHOR OF "LYRICS AND IDYLS," "THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC," ETC., ETC.
Copyright, 1891 BY MADISON CAWEIN - The Knickerbocker Press, New York Printed and Bound by G. P. Putnam's Sons
TO JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY WITH ADMIRATION AND REGARD
ONE DAY AND ANOTHER. - PART I. 1. He waits musing.
2\. Becoming impatient.
3\. He hums.
4\. She speaks.
He speaks.
5\. She speaks.
6\. She sings.
The opening pages draw the listener into a reverie where ancient myth and everyday longing intertwine. A confident narrator offers verses that echo the cadence of Ariosto and the flutter of Persian nightingales, while grounding the poetry in the pulse of June afternoons. The language feels both ornate and intimate, inviting you to linger on each line as if it were a dew‑kissed petal.
In the first section, a pair of voices—often mirrored as lover and lover—move through gardens, owls, and moonlit fields, trading promises and confusions that feel timeless yet personal. The poems blend vivid natural description with the restless tension of desire, creating a tapestry that is as much about the landscape as about the heart that roams it. Listeners will recognize moments of waiting, playful banter, and the ache of a love that hovers between ‘yes’ and ‘no.’
The verses reward repeated listening, each shift in rhythm revealing another layer of feeling. Whether drawn to the melancholy of a fading day or the bright rush of a hopeful sunrise, the poems provide a sanctuary for contemplation.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (106K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Garcia, Joseph R. Hauser 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)
Release date
2010-03-25
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1865–1914
A Kentucky poet with a gift for turning woods, fields, and changing seasons into vivid, musical verse, he was once widely known as the “Keats of Kentucky.” His poems are rich with birdsong, moonlight, myth, and the close observation of the natural world.
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