A heritage of hopes and fears
And dreams and memory,
And vices of ten thousand years
God gives to thee.

A house of clay, the home of Fate,
Haunted of Love and Sin,
Where Death stands knocking at the gate
To let him in.

(C) Madison Julius Cawein
04/24/2019


Best Poems of Madison Julius Cawein

• Late October Woods
• The Stars
• The Cup Of Joy
• Love And The Sea
• Shadows On The Shore
• Zero
• A Tried Friend, A True Friend
• Senorita
• Spring
• Sleep Is A Spirit
• Deserted
• Our Dreams
• Before The Rain
• The Spirit Of The Forest Spring
• The Miser
• Little Girlie Good Enough
• Witchery
• Death And The Fool
• Love And A Day
• The Boy Next Door