The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume 5 (of 5)
The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume 5 (of 5)
By Madison Cawein
13 Mar, 2020
Brief Extract: The snowy flutter of a hand
Seems beckoning in the morning mist,
And from the mist a jeweled wrist
Of dew now waves us a command:
And in the skies, behold! the Land
Of Far-away-beyond-the-dawn,
Where crowned with roses wild and w
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Brief Extract: The snowy flutter of a hand
Seems beckoning in the morning mist,
And from the mist a jeweled wrist
Of dew now waves us a command:
And in the skies, behold! the Land
Of Far-away-beyond-the-dawn,
Where crowned with roses wild and wan,
The Futures of the World speed on.
Along the eve a fiery arm
Now points us to the waning west,
And all the sorrow, that oppressed
Our hearts once straight becomes a charm
Of beauty, whose dim spells transform
The Present to the Long-ago,
All grief to joy,—or seeming so,—
We see through thaumaturgic glow. Less