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Born in November 10, 1879 / Died in December 5, 1931 / United States / English

Poems by Vachel Lindsay

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The Tale of the Tiger-Tree

... It shows how the mammoth forces may be either friends or enemies of the struggle for peace ...

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The Ghosts of the Buffaloes

... Then... Snuffing the lightning that crashed from on high ...

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A Net to Snare the Moonlight

... With the stars just overhead: A net to snare the moonlight, ...

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The Broncho That Would Not Be Broken

... And they scourged you, with Hell in their speech and their faces, ...

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The Sun Says His Prayers

... "The sun says his prayers," said the fairy, ...

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Foreign Missions in Battle Array

... No bloodshed in the wrestling, — ...

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Lincoln

... Born where the ghosts of buffaloes still dream, ...

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The Light o' the Moon

... ent animals look upon the moon: showing that each creature finds in it his own mood and disposition] ...

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On Reading Omar Khayyam

... [During an anti-saloon campaign, in central Illinois ...

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What the Moon Saw

... A satchel passed from hand to hand ...

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Epitaphs For Two Players

... imilitude, by reference to Yorick, the king's jester, who died when Hamlet and Ophelia were children ...

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The Gamblers

... Green farms for all, and meat and corn and wine ...

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The Scissors-Grinder

... And those that scorned their brothers here ...

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The Flower of Mending

... Of tender Mister Mouse,The pretty creatures go with haste ...

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Alone in the Wind, on the Prairie

... And kiss her hair, and sweet throat like the snow ...