
The golden whales of California, and other rhymes in the American language
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- THE GOLDEN WHALES OF CALIFORNIA
- LIST OF THE BOOKS OF VACHEL LINDSAY
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- A WORD ON CALIFORNIA, PHOTOPLAYS, AND SAINT FRANCIS
- FIRST SECTION THE LONGER PIECES, WITH INTERLUDES
- THE GOLDEN WHALES OF CALIFORNIA
- KALAMAZOO
- JOHN L. SULLIVAN, THE STRONG BOY OF BOSTON
- BRYAN, BRYAN, BRYAN, BRYAN
- RAMESES II
- MOSES
- A RHYME FOR ALL ZIONISTS
- FOOTNOTES:
- A MEDITATION ON THE SUN
- DANTE
- THE COMET OF PROPHECY
- SHANTUNG, OR THE EMPIRE OF CHINA IS CRUMBLING DOWN
- THE LAST SONG OF LUCIFER
- SECOND SECTION A RHYMED SCENARIO, SOME POEM GAMES, AND THE LIKE
- A DOLL’S “ARABIAN NIGHTS”
- THE LAME BOY AND THE FAIRY
- THE BLACKSMITH’S SERENADE
- THE APPLE BLOSSOM SNOW BLUES
- THE DANIEL JAZZ
- WHEN PETER JACKSON PREACHED IN THE OLD CHURCH
- THE CONSCIENTIOUS DEACON
- DAVY JONES’ DOOR-BELL
- THE SEA SERPENT CHANTEY
- THE LITTLE TURTLE
- THIRD SECTION COBWEBS AND CABLES
- THE SCIENTIFIC ASPIRATION
- THE VISIT TO MAB
- THE SONG OF THE STURDY SNAILS
- ANOTHER WORD ON THE SCIENTIFIC ASPIRATION
- DANCING FOR A PRIZE
- COLD SUNBEAMS
- FOR ALL WHO EVER SENT LACE VALENTINES
- MY LADY IS COMPARED TO A YOUNG TREE
- TO EVE, MAN’S DREAM OF WIFEHOOD AS DESCRIBED BY MILTON
- A KIND OF SCORN
- HARPS IN HEAVEN
- THE CELESTIAL CIRCUS
- THE FIRE-LADDIE, LOVE
- FOURTH SECTION RHYMES CONCERNING THE LATE WORLD WAR AND THE NEXT WAR
- IN MEMORY OF MY FRIEND JOYCE KILMER, POET AND SOLDIER
- THE TIGER ON PARADE
- THE FEVER CALLED WAR
- STANZAS IN JUST THE RIGHT TONE FOR THE SPIRITED GENTLEMEN WHO WOULD CONQUER MEXICO
- THE MODEST JAZZ-BIRD
- THE STATUE OF OLD ANDREW JACKSON
- SEW THE FLAGS TOGETHER
- JUSTINIAN
- THE VOICE OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
- IN WHICH ROOSEVELT IS COMPARED TO SAUL
- HAIL TO THE SONS OF ROOSEVELT
- THE SPACIOUS DAYS OF ROOSEVELT
- FIFTH SECTION RHYMES OF THE MIDDLE WEST AND SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
- WHEN THE MISSISSIPPI FLOWED IN INDIANA
- THE FAIRY FROM THE APPLE-SEED
- A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN
- THE DREAM OF ALL THE SPRINGFIELD WRITERS
- THE SPRINGFIELD OF THE FAR FUTURE
- AFTER READING THE SAD STORY OF THE FALL OF BABYLON
- ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
- I—MY FATHERS CAME FROM KENTUCKY
- II—WRITTEN IN A YEAR WHEN MANY OF MY PEOPLE DIED
- III—A RHYMED ADDRESS TO ALL RENEGADE CAMPBELLITES, EXHORTING THEM TO RETURN
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