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Vachel Lindsay

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It is portentous, and a thing of state …

Vachel Lindsay

No doubt to-morrow I will hide …

Vachel Lindsay

Any sky-bird sings, …

Vachel Lindsay

[BASS DRUM BEATEN LOUDLY] …

Vachel Lindsay

I …

Vachel Lindsay

Once, in the city of Kalamazoo, …

Vachel Lindsay

Would I might rouse the Lincoln in you all, …

Vachel Lindsay

Sleep softly . . . eagle forgotten . . . under the stone. …

Vachel Lindsay

"There's machinery in the butterfly; …

Vachel Lindsay

There was a little turtle. …

Vachel Lindsay

Once I loved a spider …

Vachel Lindsay

I would be one with the dark, dark earth:— …

Vachel Lindsay

Two old crows sat on a fence rail. …

Vachel Lindsay

The Moon's a little prairie-dog. …

Vachel Lindsay

Your dust will be upon the wind …

Vachel Lindsay

I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. …

Vachel Lindsay

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