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Collected poems by Vachel Lindsay
revised and illustrated edition
Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931)
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[dedication]
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
PARVENU
COLLECTED POEMS
1.
SECTION I NIGHTINGALES
2.
SECTION II ORATIONS, COLLEGE WAR-CRIES, AND OLYMPIC GAMES
3.
SECTION III LITANY OF THE HEROES
4.
SECTION IV VERSES OF AN ESPECIALLY INSCRIPTIONAL CHARACTER
5.
SECTION V MOON-POEMS
TO GLORIANA
EUCLID
THE HAUGHTY SNAIL-KING
WHAT THE RATTLESNAKE SAID
DRYING THEIR WINGS
WHAT THE GRAY-WINGED FAIRY SAID
A SENSE OF HUMOR
WHAT THE CLOWN SAID
ON THE GARDEN WALL
WRITTEN FOR A MUSICIAN
THE MOON IS A PAINTER
THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA
WHAT THE MINER IN THE DESERT SAID
WHAT THE COAL-HEAVER SAID
WHAT THE MOON SAW
THE OLD HORSE IN THE CITY
THE ROSE OF MIDNIGHT
THE PATH IN THE SKY
WHAT THE HYENA SAID
WHAT THE SNOW MAN SAID
WHAT THE SCARECROW SAID
WHAT GRANDPA MOUSE SAID
THE BEGGAR SPEAKS
WHAT THE FORESTER SAID
CAUGHT IN A NET
MY LADY IN HER WHITE SILK SHAWL
BEYOND THE MOON
WHAT SEMIRAMIS SAID
WHAT THE GHOST OF THE GAMBLER SAID
THE STRENGTH OF THE LONELY
WHAT THE SEXTON SAID
THE SCISSORS-GRINDER
The Censer-Moon
6.
SECTION VI INCENSE AND PRAISE, AND WHIM, AND GLORY
7.
SECTION VII RUNES OF THE ROAD
8.
SECTION VIII HOME TOWN
9.
SECTION IX POLITICS
10.
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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Collected poems by Vachel Lindsay
Anno Domini 1.
Strange winds from the uttermost heavens swept the tomb.
Collected poems by Vachel Lindsay
