Vachel Lindsay Poems

Once I loved a spider
When I was born a fly,
A velvet-footed spider
With a gown of rainbow-dye.
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"Bring me soft song," said Aladdin.
"This tailor-shop sings not at all.
Chant me a word of the twilight,
Of roses that mourn in the fall.
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Would that by Hindu magic we became
Dark monks of jeweled India long ago,
Sitting at Prince Siddartha's feet to know
The foolishness of gold and love and station,
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Would that in body and spirit Shakespeare came
Visible emperor of the deeds of Time,
With Justice still the genius of his rhyme,
Giving each man his due, each passion grace,
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(What the Mendicant Said )


The moon's a monk, unmated,
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[To be sung to the tune of The Blood of the Lamb with indicated instrument]


I
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Though I have watched so many mourners weep
O'er the real dead, in dull earth laid asleep—
Those dead seemed but the shadows of my days
That passed and left me in the sun's bright rays.
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[What the Man of Faith said]


The dew, the rain and moonlight
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DEDICATED TO LUCY BATES

(Being a reminiscence of certain private theatricals.)
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"Tell me, where do ghosts in love
Find their bridal veils?"

"If you and I were ghosts in love
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