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Vachel 1879-1931 Lindsay. The Congo, and Other Poems
The Congo, and Other Poems
Table of Contents
Introduction. By Harriet Monroe
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
Written for Lorado Taft's Statue of Black Hawk at Oregon, Illinois
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
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
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
For a Very Little Girl, Not a Year Old. Catharine Frazee Wakefield
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):
