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THE CONGO AND OTHER POEMS [Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, Illinois Artist. 1879-1931.]

THE CONGO AND OTHER POEMS Introduction. By Harriet Monroe Contents First Section ~~ Poems intended to be read aloud, or chanted. The Congo

A Study of the Negro Race

The Santa Fe Trail The Firemen's Ball The Master of the Dance The Mysterious Cat A Dirge for a Righteous Kitten Yankee Doodle The Black Hawk War of the Artists

The Jingo and the Minstrel I Heard Immanuel Singing 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 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 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

Dedicated to Lucy Bates

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 Fourth Section ~~ Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech Once More—To Gloriana First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children Second Section: The Moon is a Mirror Fifth Section

War. September 1, 1914 Intended to be Read Aloud

I. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight II. A Curse for Kings III. Who Knows? IV. To Buddha V. The Unpardonable Sin VI. Above the Battle's Front VII. Epilogue. Under the Blessing of Your Psyche Wings Biographical Note:

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931):