Poem by Vachel Lindsay

The Encyclopaedia

”If I could set the moon upon
This table,” said my friend, 
”Among the standard poets 
And brouchures without end, 
And noble prints of old Japan,
How empty they would seem,
By that encyclopaedia
Of whim and glittering dream.”

1. The Perfect Marriage
2. To the United States Senate
3. To Reformers in Despair
4. The Booker Washington Trilogy
5. The Illinois Village

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