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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
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SECTION III LITANY OF THE HEROES
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SECTION IV VERSES OF AN ESPECIALLY INSCRIPTIONAL CHARACTER
  
THE QUEEN OF BUBBLES
  
GHOSTS IN LOVE
  
COLD SUNBEAMS
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SWEETHEARTS OF THE YEAR
  
SWEET BRIARS OF THE STAIRWAYS
  
THE SORCERESS!
  
THE AMARANTH
  
AN APOLOGY FOR THE BOTTLE VOLCANIC
  
THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT PARADE
  
THE FAIRY FROM THE APPLE-SEED
  
DANCING FOR A PRIZE
  
THE SOUL OF THE CITY RECEIVES THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
  
THE ANGEL AND THE CLOWN
  
THE SONG OF THE STURDY SNAILS
  
THE WEDDING OF THE ROSE AND THE LOTUS
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THE TREE OF LAUGHING BELLS, OR THE WINGS OF THE MORNING
  
THE SPIDER AND THE GHOST OF THE FLY
  
CRICKETS ON A STRIKE
  
THE VISIT TO MAB
  
TO LADY JANE
  
INDIAN SUMMER.
  
AN INDIAN SUMMER DAY ON THE PRAIRIE
  
QUEEN MAB IN THE VILLAGE
  
THE MYSTERIOUS CAT
  
THE HUMBLE BUMBLE BEE.
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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 DANDELION

O dandelion, rich and haughty,
King of village flowers!
Each day is coronation time,
You have no humble hours.
I like to see you bring a troop
To beat the blue-grass spears,
To scorn the lawn-mower that would be
Like fate's triumphant shears,
Your yellow heads are cut away,
It seems your reign is o'er.
By noon you raise a sea of stars
More golden than before.
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