Poems by Vachel Lindsay
The Strength of the Lonely
... His strength is that of heaven-vowed men ...
Yankee Doodle
... It is presumably an exercise for an entertainment on the evening of Washington's Birthday ...
Two Old Crows
... "Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ZZZZZZZZ ...
Ghosts in Love
... 'Tis there the ghosts that fall in love ...
In Memory of a Child
... Through pleasant lawns and flowers, ...
The Unpardonable Sin
... And for such chiefs, turn men to wolves and swine:To go forth killing in White Mercy's name, ...
The Firemen's Ball
... t is burning with the anxieties of birth, decay and death, grief, lamentation, suffering and despair ...
The Leaden-Eyed
... It is the world's one crime its babes grow dull, ...
A Curse for Kings
... To give them life, with anguish and with tears:--Are all those childbed sorrows sneered away ...
A Dirge for a Righteous Kitten
... be intoned, all but the two italicized lines, which are to be spoken in a snappy, matter-of-fact way ...
Mark Twain and Joan of Arc
... And where she stands, there he will stand till doom ...
St. Francis of Assisi
... Our wealth undone, all strict Franciscan men, ...
Popcorn, Glass Balls, and Cranberries
... IV. THE MOUSE THAT GNAWED THE OAK-TREE DOWNThe mouse that gnawed the oak-tree down ...
Here's to the Mice!
... (Written with the hope that the socialists might yet dethrone Kaiser and Czar ...
Beyond the Moon
... O laughing girl, cold TRUTH has stepped between, ...
