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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

THE JINGO AND THE MINSTREL

THE TIGER ON PARADE

TO JANE ADDAMS AT THE HAGUE

A CURSE FOR KINGS

ABOVE THE BATTLE'S FRONT

THE UNPARDONABLE SIN

THE MERCIFUL HAND

IN WHICH ROOSEVELT IS COMPARED TO SAUL

HAIL TO THE SONS OF ROOSEVELT

IN MEMORY OF MY FRIEND, JOYCE KILMER, POET AND SOLDIER

WHERE IS THE REAL NON-RESISTANT?

THE WIZARD WIND

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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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THE SUN SAYS HIS PRAYERS

“The sun says his prayers,” said the fairy,
Or else he would wither and die.
“The sun says his prayers,” said the fairy,
“For strength to climb up through the sky.
He leans on invisible angels,
And Faith is his prop and his rod.
The sky is his crystal cathedral.
And dawn is his altar to God.”