Poems / by Madison Cawein ; with a foreward by William Dean Howells [electronic text]

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Cawein, Madison, Julius, 1865-1914

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New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company

1911

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"Poems / by Madison Cawein ; with a foreward by William Dean Howells [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAE8947.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.

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WHAT LITTLE THINGS!

From "One Day and Another"

 WHAT little things are those That hold our happiness! A smile, a glance, a rose Dropped from her hair or dress; A word, a look, a touch, — These are so much, so much. 

 An air we can't forget; A sunset's gold that gleams; A spray of mignonette, Will fill the soul with dreams More than all history says, Or romance of old days. 

 For of the human heart, Not brain, is memory; These things it makes a part Of its own entity; The joys, the pains whereof Are the very food of love. 