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Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931)

HERE BEGINS THE FOREST-RANGER'S COURTSHIP WHICH IS AN INTERLUDE THROUGH THE BOOK TILL “THE FOREST-RANGER'S HONEYMOON” BEGINS.

HERE BEGINS THE BEE, DRAGON FLY AND FLYING MACHINE SERIES

HERE BEGINS THE MOHAWK SECTION

BY THE MOHAWK'S BUCKSKIN DOOR

THE MOHAWK COMES

CONCERNING THE MOUNTAIN IN GLACIER PARK CALLED “ALMOST A DOG”

THE RED INDIAN BRIDE

THE FLYING PAPOOSES

THE FOURTH RETURN TO SUN-MOUNTAIN

IDOL OF THE DEER

THE GOLDEN ORCHIDS

TO THE TALLEST ASPEN OF GLACIER PARK

THE OLD MAIL COACH TO BELTON

THE FAWNS AND THE STRANGER

THE DEER OF QUARTZ RIDGE

THE WRITHING, IMPERFECT EARTH

BEGGING PARDON

I SAW A ROSE IN EGYPT

WHEN YOU AND I WERE SINGERS IN THE MOUNTAINS

THE BEGINNING OF THE FOREST-RANGER'S HONEYMOON

THE SECTION ENTITLED THE CANDLE IN THE CABIN IS LIGHTED

HERE BEGINS THE FOREST-RANGER'S SECOND HONEYMOON

A NEW SECTION ENTITLED THE BUTTERFLY CITIZENS

NOW COMES THE SECTION IN WHICH THE CANDLE IS BLOWN OUT

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THE OLD MAIL COACH TO BELTON

The Forest-Ranger's Courtship

The old mail coach to Belton
Seemed to sweep the purple seas:
The old mail coach to Belton,
In the drizzle and the fog.
The old mail coach to Belton
Went through an old burnt forest,
Past blackened mast and log;
But our hearts were gay with the conquest
Of the world and all the seas.
Our hobnailed shoes were water-soaked,
We were mud up to the knees;
But with the ancient silken sails,
We swept purple seas,
For our hearts were tides within us,
Greater than all the seas.