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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

1.

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

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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

BABYLON, BABYLON, BABYLON THE GREAT

PREFACE TO “BOB TAYLOR'S BIRTHDAY”

A SONG FOR ELIZABETH

THE FLYING HOUSE, AND THE MAY QUEEN ETERNAL

BILLBOARDS AND GALLEONS

HOW DULCENIA DEL TOBOSO IS LIKE THE LEFT WING OF A BIRD

THE PEARL OF BILOXI

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SECTION XI A SONG BASED ON EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS:

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THE SOUL OF A BUTTERFLY

The thing that breaks Hell's prison bars,
And heals the sea of shame,
Is a fragile butterfly's great soul
And Beauty is its name.