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MESSAGE OF



THE LILIES



      BY
MADISON CAWEIN



  Published by
P. F.Vollard  Co.
at their Shop in
   Chicago

 



















































       C.OPYR.GHV. 1913
. F VOLLANO S COMPANY. CHCAGO0

     FALL 10.Ss NESERVEOE


 








M Y soul and I went
     walking
Beneath the moon of



     spring;
The E aster



lilies



were



     talking,
We heard them



murmuring-

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IT  HEIR language was
A L  an essence,
But clearer than a bird's;
And from it grew a
     presence,
As music grows from
     words.

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IN dimly moonlit
      places
Some raised sweet throats
      of white
And others lifted faces



Of fragrant snow and
     light.

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A SPIRIT born of
) ,  fire



And holiness



and



snoxv



Within the Heavens'
     desire



Were not



more pure



to know.

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A  SPIRIT born of
J46k, silence
And purity and dew-
Among Elysian islands
Were not more white
     of hue.

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H E smiled-amid them
     lifting
White hands of prayer
      and peace,
And through the moon
     light drifting
Came words to me like



these:



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(t   r E are
  V Vlilies!
  His praises
  We are His
  Behold the
       bring!



His lilies,



aye we sing!
lilies, lilies!
Word we

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Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914.



P.F. Volland,
Chicago :
c1913.


[16] p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Coleman
Bound in light gray paper over boards; printed and illustrated in green, gray, yellow and white; illustrated endpapers; handsewn.
Microfilm. Atlanta, Ga. : SOLINET, 1994. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (SOLINET/ASERL Cooperative Microfilming Project (NEH PS-20317) ; SOL MN04382.04 KUK)
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MESSAGE OF



THE LILIES



      BY
MADISON CAWEIN



  Published by
P. F.Vollard  Co.
at their Shop in
   Chicago





















































       C.OPYR.GHV. 1913
. F VOLLANO S COMPANY. CHCAGO0

     FALL 10.Ss NESERVEOE













M Y soul and I went
     walking
Beneath the moon of



     spring;
The E aster



lilies



were



     talking,
We heard them



murmuring-

This page in the original text is blank.









IT  HEIR language was
A L  an essence,
But clearer than a bird's;
And from it grew a
     presence,
As music grows from
     words.

This page in the original text is blank.










IN dimly moonlit
      places
Some raised sweet throats
      of white
And others lifted faces



Of fragrant snow and
     light.

This page in the original text is blank.









A SPIRIT born of
) ,  fire



And holiness



and



snoxv



Within the Heavens'
     desire



Were not



more pure



to know.

This page in the original text is blank.









A  SPIRIT born of
J46k, silence
And purity and dew-
Among Elysian islands
Were not more white
     of hue.

This page in the original text is blank.













H E smiled-amid them
     lifting
White hands of prayer
      and peace,
And through the moon
     light drifting
Came words to me like



these:



F1, SP  4" , 1 N, P 11
      Ij  '    P
          T' ': J

This page in the original text is blank.










(t   r E are
  V Vlilies!
  His praises
  We are His
  Behold the
       bring!



His lilies,



aye we sing!
lilies, lilies!
Word we

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