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The Golden Whales of California, and Other Rhymes in the American Language Vachel Lindsay Limited preview - 2023 |
The Golden Whales of California, and Other Rhymes in the American Language Vachel Lindsay Limited preview - 2023 |
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a-calling Altgeld Andrew Jackson angels Arabian Nights Bagdad beauty bells Bidding the eagles Boom dong brave Bryan Campbell CAMPBELLITES cave chain the lions chant China is crumbling city of Kalamazoo climbed Confucius conquered cross-roads Love cross-roads Resurrection Parade dancing Daniel kept a-praying DAVY JONES dear deep heart deep heart Sweetly demons devils dream Empire of China eyes fairy fire flame gave Gibson Girl girl glory Go chain gold grey hear heard Heaven's blue hour-glass Jake Kilrain jazz jazz dancing Kalamazoo King lady land laughing Lord save Lucifer Mencius Mizraim native sons Oh quivering lights PETER JACKSON photoplay pole Polly Ann prairie proud roaring Roosevelt round sand through Heaven's sang Saul save my soul scorn Shoes of song shout silver sing Springfield stars street sweet Sweetly they toll sword town tree VACHEL LINDSAY voice WHALES OF CALIFORNIA whirling wild wonder young
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Page 29 - Where is McKinley, that respectable McKinley, The man without an angle or a tangle, Who soothed down the city man and soothed down the farmer, The German, the Irish, the Southerner, the Northerner, Who climbed every greasy pole, and slipped through every crack; Who soothed down the gambling hall, the bar-room, the church, The devil vote, the angel vote, the neutral vote, The desperately wicked, and their victims on the rack, The gold vote, the silver vote, the brass vote, the lead vote, Every vote?...
Page 58 - Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.' "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Page 58 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, Lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch...
Page 92 - Here comes Judas and his silver a-calling. Here comes old Beelzebub a-calling." And Daniel kept a-praying : — " Lord save my soul." Daniel kept a-praying: — " Lord save my soul." Daniel kept a-praying : — " Lord save my soul." His sweetheart and his mother were Christian and meek. They washed and ironed for Darius every week. One Thursday he met them at the door : — Paid them as usual, but acted sore. He said : — " Your Daniel is a dead little pigeon.
Page 29 - Where is McKinley, Mark Hanna's McKinley, His slave, his echo, his suit of clothes? Gone to join the shadows, with the pomps of that time, And the flame of that summer's prairie rose. Where is Cleveland whom the Democratic platform Read from the party in a glorious hour, Gone to join the shadows with pitchfork Tillman, And sledge-hammer Altgeld who wrecked his power. Where is Hanna, bulldog Hanna, Low-browed Hanna, who said: 'Stand pat'?
Page 25 - Then we stood where we could see Every band, And the speaker's stand. And Bryan took the platform. And he was introduced. And he lifted his hand And cast a new spell. Progressive silence fell In Springfield, In Illinois, Around the world. Then we heard these glacial boulders across the prairie rolled : "The people have a right to make their own mistakes. . . . You shall not crucify mankind Upon a, cross of gold.
Page 19 - There were truths eternal in the gab and tittle-tattle. There were real heads broken in the fustian and the rattle. There were real lines drawn : Not the silver and the gold, But Nebraska's cry went eastward against the dour and old, The mean and cold. It was eighteen ninety-six, and I was just sixteen And Altgeld ruled in Springfield, Illinois, When there came from the sunset Nebraska's shout of joy : In a coat like a deacon, in a black Stetson hat He scourged the elephant plutocrats With barbed...
Page 16 - The mocking bird was singing in the lane. . . . Yet ... "East side, west side, all around the town. The tots sang: 'Ring a rosie' 'LONDON BRIDGE is FALLING DOWN.
Page 19 - ... tides of wonder, of unprecedented splendor, Wild roses from the plains, that made hearts tender, All the funny circus silks Of politics unfurled, Bartlett pears of romance that were honey at the cores, And torchlights down the street, to the end of the world. There were truths eternal in the gab and tittle-tattle. There were real heads broken in the fustian and the rattle. There were real lines drawn: Not the silver and the gold, But Nebraska's cry went eastward against the dour and old, The...
Page 92 - Here comes St Peter and his fishing pole. Here comes Judas and his silver a-calling. Here comes old Beelzebub a-calling.' And Daniel kept a-praying: — 'Lord save my soul." Daniel kept a-praying: - 'Lord save my soul.' Daniel kept a-praying: - 'Lord save my soul.' His sweetheart and his mother were Christian and meek. They washed and ironed for Darius every week. One Thursday he met them at the door: — Paid them as usual, but acted sore. He said : - ' Your Daniel is a dead little pigeon. He's...