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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
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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
  
PARVENU
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COLLECTED POEMS
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SECTION I NIGHTINGALES
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SECTION II ORATIONS, COLLEGE WAR-CRIES, AND OLYMPIC GAMES
  
THE LAST SONG OF LUCIFER
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THE KALLYOPE YELL
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GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN
  
THE KING OF YELLOW BUTTERFLIES
  
THE POTATOES' DANCE
  
ALADDIN AND THE JINN
  
THE MASTER OF THE DANCE
  
A DIRGE FOR A RIGHTEOUS KITTEN
  
THE LAME BOY AND THE FAIRY
  
THE BLACKSMITH'S SERENADE
  
THE FAIRY BRIDAL HYMN
  
A DOLL'S “ARABIAN NIGHTS”
  
TWO OLD CROWS
  
THE DRUNKARD'S FUNERAL
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THE SEA SERPENT CHANTEY
  
KANSAS
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THE SANTA-FÉ TRAIL
  
DANIEL
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THE BOOKER WASHINGTON TRILOGY
  
HOW SAMSON BORE AWAY THE GATES OF GAZA
  
WHEN PETER JACKSON PREACHED IN THE OLD CHURCH
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THE CONGO
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SECTION III LITANY OF THE HEROES
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SECTION IV VERSES OF AN ESPECIALLY INSCRIPTIONAL CHARACTER
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SECTION V MOON-POEMS
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SECTION VI INCENSE AND PRAISE, AND WHIM, AND GLORY
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SECTION VII RUNES OF THE ROAD
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SECTION VIII HOME TOWN
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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:

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THE OLD HORSE IN THE CITY

The moon's a peck of corn. It lies
Heaped up for me to eat.
I wish that I might climb the path
And taste that supper sweet.
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Men feed me straw and scanty grain
And beat me till I'm sore.
Some day I'll break the halter-rope
And smash the stable-door,
Run down the street and mount the hill
Just as the corn appears.
I've seen it rise at certain times
For years and years and years.
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