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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

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

ONCE MORE

THE WHIRLWIND

THE SUMMER ARROW OF SUNSHINE

THE CRYSTALLINE CROWN

THE RAT-SOULED FOE THE CITY FEARS

A MEMORY OF BOYHOOD

THE CITY OF GLASS

THE PICTURE OF THE HEART-BOAT

THE FISH WITH THE BRACELETS

THE FIR-TREE

THE APPLE TREE

THE MUSICAL WIND

THE DRIFTWOOD BED

LIKE THEIR FATHERS OF OLD

THE ASPEN LEAF LOVERS

A NEW SECTION ENTITLED THE BUTTERFLY CITIZENS

NOW COMES THE SECTION IN WHICH THE CANDLE IS BLOWN OUT

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THE MUSICAL WIND

To the strange flower
On the mountain—
A Poet from afar,
A wind from the North Star
Made secret rhymes
As sweet as kisses are,
Rhymes that kissed each other
Many times,—
Laughing little rhymes.