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The candle in the cabin
Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931)
[dedication]
WAR-BONNET SECTION
THE MOUNTAINS WITH STORMS FOR WAR-BONNETS
RISING WOLF SECTION
RISING WOLF
THE HUNTING DOGS
CONCERNING HIS INSIGNIA
WORLD-MAPS
THE HOUSE OF BOONE
THE RANGER'S CABIN
THE SNOW BY RISING WOLF PEAK
THE CHILD-HEART IN THE MOUNTAINS
THE BRIDE'S BOUQUETS
BONNETS
THE LADY-SLIPPERS
THE PENNANT
“CŒUR D'ALENE”
HERE BEGINS THE FOREST-RANGER'S COURTSHIP WHICH IS AN INTERLUDE THROUGH THE BOOK TILL “THE FOREST-RANGER'S HONEYMOON” BEGINS.
THE HALL OF JUDGMENT
THE PIGEON DRAGON-ROSE
THE TWIN WATERFALLS
THE CURLING WAVES
THE MOUNTAINS ARE THE MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY
THE BABBITT JAMBOREE
THE MOUNTAIN WITH WINGS
THE RED EAGLE LOVE SONG
THE PARABLE OF DEEPNESS
HERE BEGINS THE BEE, DRAGON FLY AND FLYING MACHINE SERIES
THE BEE
THE DRAGON FLIES
PATHFINDER OF THE AIR
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 HOUR OF FATE
BY AN OLD UNLIGHTED CANDLE
FINDING THE MYSTERIOUS CABIN
THE JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
THE SECTION ENTITLED THE CANDLE IN THE CABIN IS LIGHTED
THE CANDLE IN THE CABIN
BY THE OLDEST TRAILS
THE DRAGON FLY GUIDE
WHY DO WE NOT RETURN?
THE INDIAN GIRL—MY GRANDMOTHER
BEHIND SUN-MOUNTAIN
THE FOG COMES AND GOES
A GREAT SHADOWY DAY
THE BREATH OF THE WIND
THE QUAIL RECEIVES A GUEST
THE BABY THAT CAME FROM THE FERN
THE TIME WHEN THINGS HAD BETTER NAMES
THE BAT
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
THREE LITTLE FLOWER SHIPS
THE MUSICAL BUTTERFLY
THE STORM-BLOWN BUTTERFLIES
THE PRAIRIE BUTTERFLY
THE BUTTERFLY CITIZENS
THE PROCESSION POLITICAL
THE PRESIDENT
SNOW-BORN BUTTERFLIES
NOW COMES THE SECTION IN WHICH THE CANDLE IS BLOWN OUT
SEPTEMBER ENDED
THE LEAVES FALL
THE MOHAWK WAR-BONNET
BUBBLES FROM BLACKFEET GLACIER FALLS
EPILOGUE
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The candle in the cabin
THE PRESIDENT
The butterflies
Chose for their president
A great big lily of glass.
We saw their
Election-rockets pass.
And the
Mountain-rocket flower
Turned to a rocket
And flew past
The lily of glass.
The candle in the cabin
