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The Congo, and Other Poems

by Vachel Lindsay

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  1. 1With an Introduction by Harriet Monroe Editor of “Poetry”
  2. 2Introduction. By Harriet Monroe
  3. 3First Section ~~ Poems Intended to Be Read Aloud, or Chanted
  4. 4The Santa Fe Trail
  5. 5The Firemen’s Ball
  6. 6The Master of the Dance
  7. 7The Mysterious Cat
  8. 8A Dirge for a Righteous Kitten
  9. 9Yankee Doodle
  10. 10The Black Hawk War of the Artists
  11. 11The Jingo and the Minstrel
  12. 12I Heard Immanuel Singing
  13. 13Second Section ~~ Incense
  14. 14A Rhyme About an Electrical Advertising Sign
  15. 15In Memory of a Child
  16. 16Galahad, Knight Who Perished
  17. 17The Leaden-eyed
  18. 18An Indian Summer Day on the Prairie
  19. 19The Hearth Eternal
  20. 20The Soul of the City Receives the Gift of the Holy Spirit
  21. 21By the Spring, at Sunset
  22. 22I Went Down Into the Desert
  23. 23Love and Law
  24. 24The Perfect Marriage
  25. 25Darling Daughter of Babylon
  26. 26The Amaranth
  27. 27The Alchemist’s Petition
  28. 28Two Easter Stanzas
  29. 29The Traveller-heart
  30. 30The North Star Whispers to the Blacksmith’s Son
  31. 31Third Section ~~ A Miscellany Called “The Christmas Tree”
  32. 32The Sun Says His Prayers
  33. 33Popcorn, Glass Balls, and Cranberries (as It Were)
  34. 34How a Little Girl Danced
  35. 35In Praise of Songs That Die
  36. 36Factory Windows Are Always Broken
  37. 37To Mary Pickford
  38. 38Blanche Sweet
  39. 39Sunshine
  40. 40An Apology for the Bottle Volcanic
  41. 41When Gassy Thompson Struck It Rich
  42. 42Rhymes for Gloriana
  43. 43Fourth Section ~~ Twenty Poems in Which the Moon Is the Principal F…
  44. 44First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Chil…
  45. 45Second Section: The Moon Is a Mirror
  46. 46Fifth Section — War. September 1, 1914 Intended to Be Read Aloud
  47. 47II — A Curse for Kings
  48. 48III — Who Knows?
  49. 49IV — To Buddha
  50. 50V — The Unpardonable Sin
  51. 51VI — Above the Battle’s Front
  52. 52VII — Epilogue. Under the Blessing of Your Psyche Wings
  53. 53Biographical Note

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