Vachel Lindsay Poems

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21.
Aladdin And The Jinn

"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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22.
Alone In The Wind, On The Prairie

I know a seraph who has golden eyes,
And hair of gold, and body like the snow.
Here in the wind I dream her unbound hair
Is blowing round me, that desire's sweet glow
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23.
Buddha

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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24.
The Strength Of The Lonely

(What the Mendicant Said )


The moon's a monk, unmated,
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25.
General William Booth Enters Into Heaven

[To be sung to the tune of The Blood of the Lamb with indicated instrument]


I
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26.
The Hope Of The Resurrection

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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27.
A Net To Snare The Moonlight

[What the Man of Faith said]


The dew, the rain and moonlight
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28.
How A Little Girl Danced

DEDICATED TO LUCY BATES

(Being a reminiscence of certain private theatricals.)
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29.
Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan

In a nation of one hundred fine, mob-hearted, lynching, relenting, repenting millions,
There are plenty of sweeping, swinging, stinging, gorgeous things to shout about,
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30.
Ghosts In Love

"Tell me, where do ghosts in love
Find their bridal veils?"

"If you and I were ghosts in love
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