Nicholas Vachel Lindsay

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    Boom, steal the pygmies,
    Boom, kill the Arabs,
    Boom, kill the white men,
    Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)

    Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
    He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
    And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
    Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863)

    He snapped at a mosquito.
    He snapped at a flea.
    He snapped at a minnow.
    And he snapped at me.
    —Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)