The Congo, and Other Poems
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1. Front matter2. Introduction. By Harriet Monroe3. The Congo4. The Santa Fe Trail5. The Firemen's Ball6. The Master of the Dance7. The Mysterious Cat8. A Dirge for a Righteous Kitten9. Yankee Doodle10. The Black Hawk War of the Artists11. The Jingo and the Minstrel12. I Heard Immanuel Singing13. An Argument14. A Rhyme about an Electrical Advertising Sign15. In Memory of a Child16. Galahad, Knight Who Perished17. The Leaden-eyed18. An Indian Summer Day on the Prairie19. The Hearth Eternal20. The Soul of the City Receives the Gift of the Holy Spirit21. I Went down into the Desert22. Love and Law23. The Perfect Marriage24. Darling Daughter of Babylon25. The Amaranth26. The Alchemist's Petition27. Two Easter Stanzas28. The Traveller-heart29. The North Star Whispers to the Blacksmith's Son30. This Section is a Christmas Tree31. The Sun Says his Prayers32. Popcorn, Glass Balls, and Cranberries (As it were)33. How a Little Girl Danced34. In Praise of Songs that Die35. Factory Windows are always Broken36. To Mary Pickford37. Blanche Sweet38. Sunshine39. An Apology for the Bottle Volcanic40. When Gassy Thompson Struck it Rich41. Rhymes for Gloriana42. Once More—To Gloriana43. First Section: Moon Poems for the Children/Fairy-tales for the Children44. Second Section: The Moon is a Mirror45. Fifth Section46. I. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight47. II. A Curse for Kings48. III. Who Knows?49. IV. To Buddha50. V. The Unpardonable Sin51. VI. Above the Battle's Front52. VII. Epilogue. Under the Blessing of Your Psyche Wings53. Biographical Note: