English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Artist. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.

Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн)

The Artist

In story books, when I was very young,
I knew you first, one of the Fairy Race;
And then it was your picture took its place,
Framed in with love's deep gold, and draped and hung
High in my heart's red room: no song was sung,
No tale of passion told, I did not grace
With your associated form and face,
And intimated charm of touch and tongue.
As years went on you grew to more and more,
Until each thing, symbolic to my heart
Of beauty, such as honor, truth, and fame,
Within the studio of my soul's thought wore
Your lineaments, whom I, with all my art,
Strove to embody and to give a name.

Madison Julius Cawein’s other poems:

1. After a Night of Rain
2. Annisquam
3. At the Ferry
4. Baby Mary
5. Before the End

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Arthur Doyle (Артур Дойль) The Artist (“The little elves upon the walls”)

Robert Service (Роберт Сервис) The Artist (“All day with brow of anxious thought”)

Walter Raleigh (Уолтер Рэли) The Artist (“The Artist and his Luckless Wife”)

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