Nicholas Vachel Lindsay

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    Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, Boom,”
    A roaring, epic, ragtime tune
    From the mouth of the Congo
    To the Mountains of the Moon.
    Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)

    on a Saterday
    This carpenter was goon til Oseney,
    And hende Nicholas and Alisoun
    Accorded been to this conclusioun,
    That Nicholas shal shapen hem a wile
    This sely jalous housbonde to bigile,
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    It breaks his heart that kings must murder still,
    That all his hours of travail here for men
    Seem yet in vain. And who will bring white peace
    That he may sleep upon his hill again?
    —Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)