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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

2.

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

THE STORM-FLOWER

HERE'S TO THE SPIRIT OF FIRE

BEING THE DEDICATION OF A MORNING

THE KNIGHT IN DISGUISE

THE WIZARD IN THE STREET

THREE POEMS ABOUT MARK TWAIN

AN EXPLANATION OF THE GRASSHOPPER

THE DANGEROUS LITTLE BOY FAIRIES

THE MOUSE THAT GNAWED THE OAK-TREE DOWN

THE SONG OF THE GARDEN-TOAD

FACTORY WINDOWS ARE ALWAYS BROKEN

IN PRAISE OF SONGS THAT DIE

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

THE PERFECT MARRIAGE

DARLING DAUGHTER OF BABYLON

LIFE TRANSCENDENT

WITH A ROSE, TO BRUNHILDE

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TWO EASTER STANZAS

1.

I. The Hope of the Resurrection

2.

II. We Meet at the Judgment and I Fear It Not

ALONE IN THE WIND, ON THE PRAIRIE

THIS SECTION IS A CHRISTMAS TREE

TO A GOLDEN-HAIRED GIRL IN A LOUISIANA TOWN

THE CELESTIAL CIRCUS

HARPS IN HEAVEN

A KIND OF SCORN

MY LADY IS COMPARED TO A YOUNG TREE

IN MEMORY OF A CHILD

THE DRUNKARDS IN THE STREET

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SECTION VII RUNES OF THE ROAD

8.

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

11.

SECTION XI A SONG BASED ON EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS:

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Said Set, the Great Accuser: “You poisoned your young brothers.”
But the mummy of Cleopatra whispered: “These were the slanders of Rome.”
“You poisoned your faithful servants, you sold the Nile to Cæsar.”
But the mummy of Cleopatra whispered: “These were the slanders of Rome.”
“You gambled with Marc Antony for the last wheat in Egypt,
And for the last blood of Egypt.”
But the mummy of Cleopatra whispered: “These were the slanders of Rome.”