The Congo and Other Poems

About this eBook

Author

Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931

Title

The Congo, and Other Poems

Credits

Produced by Alan R. Light, and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Narrative poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1021

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1021

Release Date

August 1, 1997

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE CONGO AND OTHER POEMS
2. 2.By Vachel Lindsay — [Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, Illinois Artist. 1879-1931.] — With an introduction by Harriet Monroe Editor of "Poetry"
3. 3.THE CONGO AND OTHER POEMS
4. 4.Introduction. By Harriet Monroe
5. 5.Contents
6. 6.First Section ~~ Poems intended to be read aloud, or chanted.
7. 7.The Congo — A Study of the Negro Race
8. 8.The Santa Fe Trail
9. 9.The Firemen's Ball
10. 10.The Master of the Dance
11. 11.The Mysterious Cat
12. 12.A Dirge for a Righteous Kitten
13. 13.Yankee Doodle
14. 14.The Black Hawk War of the Artists — Written for Lorado Taft's Statue of Black Hawk at Oregon, Illinois
15. 15.The Jingo and the Minstrel
16. 16.I Heard Immanuel Singing
17. 17.Second Section ~~ Incense
18. 18.An Argument
19. 19.A Rhyme about an Electrical Advertising Sign
20. 20.In Memory of a Child
21. 21.Galahad, Knight Who Perished
22. 22.The Leaden-eyed
23. 23.An Indian Summer Day on the Prairie
24. 24.The Hearth Eternal
25. 25.The Soul of the City Receives the Gift of the Holy Spirit
26. 26.By the Spring, at Sunset
27. 27.I Went down into the Desert
28. 28.Love and Law
29. 29.The Perfect Marriage
30. 30.Darling Daughter of Babylon
31. 31.The Amaranth
32. 32.The Alchemist's Petition
33. 33.Two Easter Stanzas
34. 34.The Traveller-heart
35. 35.The North Star Whispers to the Blacksmith's Son
36. 36.Third Section ~~ A Miscellany called "the Christmas Tree"
37. 37.This Section is a Christmas Tree
38. 38.The Sun Says his Prayers
39. 39.Popcorn, Glass Balls, and Cranberries (As it were)
40. 40.How a Little Girl Danced — Dedicated to Lucy Bates
41. 41.In Praise of Songs that Die
42. 42.Factory Windows are always Broken
43. 43.To Mary Pickford
44. 44.Blanche Sweet
45. 45.Sunshine — For a Very Little Girl, Not a Year Old. Catharine Frazee Wakefield.
46. 46.An Apology for the Bottle Volcanic
47. 47.When Gassy Thompson Struck it Rich
48. 48.Rhymes for Gloriana
49. 49.Fourth Section ~~ Twenty Poems in which the Moon is the Principal Figure of Speech
50. 50.Once More—To Gloriana
51. 51.First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children
52. 52.Second Section: The Moon is a Mirror
53. 53.Fifth Section — War. September 1, 1914 Intended to be Read Aloud
54. 54.I. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
55. 55.II. A Curse for Kings
56. 56.III. Who Knows?
57. 57.IV. To Buddha
58. 58.V. The Unpardonable Sin
59. 59.VI. Above the Battle's Front
60. 60.VII. Epilogue. Under the Blessing of Your Psyche Wings
61. 61.Biographical Note: — Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931):

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