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Collected poems by Vachel Lindsay

revised and illustrated edition

Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931)

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INVOCATION FOR “THE MAP OF THE UNIVERSE”

TO EVE, MAN'S DREAM OF WIFEHOOD AS DESCRIBED BY MILTON

JOHNNY APPLESEED'S WIFE OF THE MIND

JOHNNY APPLESEED'S HYMN TO THE SUN

JOHNNY APPLESEED'S SHIP COMES IN

JOHNNY APPLESEED SPEAKS OF THE APPLEBLOSSOM AMARANTH THAT WILL COME TO THIS CITY

JOHNNY APPLESEED'S WIFE FROM THE PALACE OF EVE

JOHNNY APPLESEED SPEAKS OF GREAT CITIES IN THE FUTURE

HOW JOHNNY APPLESEED WALKED ALONE IN THE JUNGLES OF HEAVEN

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COLLECTED POEMS

SECTION I NIGHTINGALES

SECTION II ORATIONS, COLLEGE WAR-CRIES, AND OLYMPIC GAMES

SECTION III LITANY OF THE HEROES

SECTION IV VERSES OF AN ESPECIALLY INSCRIPTIONAL CHARACTER

SECTION V MOON-POEMS

SECTION VI INCENSE AND PRAISE, AND WHIM, AND GLORY

SECTION VII RUNES OF THE ROAD

SECTION VIII HOME TOWN

SECTION IX POLITICS

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SECTION X SONGS BASED ON CARTOONS, BILL-BOARDS, AND AMERICAN HIEROGLYPHICS, AND MOTION-PICTURES

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SECTION XI A SONG BASED ON EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS:

THE TRIAL OF THE DEAD CLEOPATRA IN HER BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL TOMB

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How the Wings Were Made

From many morning-glories
That in an hour will fade,
From many pansy buds
Gathered in the shade,
From lily of the valley
And dandelion buds,
From fiery poppy-buds
Are the Wings of the Morning made.