Congo and other poems / by Vachel Lindsay [electronic text]
- Title
- Congo and other poems / by Vachel Lindsay [electronic text]
- Author
- Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931
- Publication
- New York: Macmillan Company
- 1915
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"Congo and other poems / by Vachel Lindsay [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAH8721.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
Contents
- THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
- MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED
- THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
- TITLE PAGE
- INTRODUCTION
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- permission
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FIRST SECTION
Poems intended to be read aloud, or chanted. -
SECOND SECTION
INCENSE- AN ARGUMENT
- A RHYME ABOUT AN ELECTRICAL ADVERTISING SIGN
- IN MEMORY OF A CHILD
- GALAHAD, KNIGHT WHO PERISHED
- THE LEADEN-EYED
- AN INDIAN SUMMER DAY ON THE PRAIRIE
- THE HEARTH ETERNAL
- THE SOUL OF THE CITY RECEIVES THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
- BY THE SPRING, AT SUNSET
- I WENT DOWN INTO THE DESERT
- LOVE AND LAW
- THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
- DARLING DAUGHTER OF BABYLON
- THE AMARANTH
- THE ALCHEMIST'S PETITION
- TWO EASTER STANZAS
- THE TRAVELLER-HEART
- THE NORTH STAR WHISPERS TO THE BLACKSMITH'S SON
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THIRD SECTION
A MISCELLANY CALLED "THE CHRISTMAS TREE"- THIS SECTION IS A CHRISTMAS TREE
- THE SUN SAYS HIS PRAYERS
- POPCORN, GLASS BALLS, AND CRANBERRIES (AS IT WERE)
- HOW A LITTLE GIRL DANCED
- IN PRAISE OF SONGS THAT DIE
- FACTORY WINDOWS ARE ALWAYS BROKEN
- TO MARY PICKFORD
- BLANCHE SWEET
- SUNSHINE
- AN APOLOGY FOR THE BOTTLE VOLCANIC
- WHEN GASSY THOMPSON STRUCK IT RICH
- RHYMES FOR GLORIANA
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FOURTH SECTION
TWENTY POEMS IN WHICH THE MOON IS
THE PRINCIPAL FIGURE OF SPEECH- ONCE MORE—TO GLORIANA
- I. FAIRY-TALES FOR THE CHILDREN
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SECOND SECTION OF THE MOON SERIES
- I. PROLOGUE. A SENSE OF HUMOR
- II. ON THE GARDEN-WALL
- III. WRITTEN FOR A MUSICIAN
- IV. THE MOON IS A PAINTER
- V. THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA
- VI. WHAT THE MINER IN THE DESERT SAID
- VII. WHAT THE COAL-HEAVER SAID
- VIII. WHAT THE MOON SAW
- IX. WHAT SEMIRAMIS SAID
- X. WHAT THE GHOST OF THE GAMBLER SAID
- XI. THE SPICE-TREE
- XII. THE SCISSORS-GRINDER
- XIII. MY LADY IN HER WHITE SILK SHAWL
- XIV. ALADDIN AND THE JINN
- XV. THE STRENGTH OF THE LONELY
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WAR. SEPTEMBER 1, 1914
INTENDED TO BE READ ALOUD - colophon