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Did you ever hear of a thing like that? Oh, what a proud mysterious cat. (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Mysterious Cat (l. 19-20). . . Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America, The. Donald Hall, ed. (1985) Oxford University Press.)
Sleep softly . . . eagle forgotten . . . under the stone. (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Eagle That Is Forgotten (l. 1). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) Oxford University Press.)
Coal-black maidens with pearls in their hair, Knee skirts trimmed with the jassamine sweet, And bells on their ankles and little black feet. (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Congo (l. 84-86). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) Oxford University Press.)
The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring In the days of long ago, Ranged where the locomotives sing And the prairie flowers lie low:? (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Flower-fed Buffaloes (l. 1-4). . . Poetry in English; an Anthology. M. L. Rosenthal, general ed. (1987) Oxford University Press.)
The Moon's the North Wind's cooky, (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (l. 1). . . Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America, The. Donald Hall, ed. (1985) Oxford University Press.)
He snapped at a mosquito. He snapped at a flea. He snapped at a minnow. And he snapped at me. (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Little Turtle (l. 5-8). . . Favorite Poems Old and New. Helen Ferris, ed. (1957) Doubleday & Company.)
The South Wind is a baker. (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (l. 5). . . Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America, The. Donald Hall, ed. (1985) Oxford University Press.)
Boom, steal the pygmies, Boom, kill the Arabs, Boom, kill the white men, (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Congo (l. 33-35). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) Oxford University Press.)
Fat black bucks in a wine-barrel room, Barrel-house kings, with feet unstable, Sagged and reeled and pounded on the table, Pounded on the table, Beat an empty barrel with the handle of a broom, Hard as they were able, (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Congo (l. 1-6). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) Oxford University Press.)
"Be careful what you do, Or Mumbo-Jumbo, god of the Congo, And all of the other Gods of the Congo, Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you, (Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), U.S. poet. The Congo (l. 45-49). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) Oxford University Press.)
