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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRAIRIE BATTLEMENTS, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here upon the prairie Last Line: But fays upon the stairs. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Masters, Edgar Lee (1869-1950) | |||
(To Edgar Lee Masters, with great respect.) Here upon the prairie Is our ancestral hall. Agate is the dome, Cornelian the wall. Ghouls are in the cellar, But fays upon the stairs. And here lived old King Silver Dreams, Always at his prayers. Here lived grey Queen Silver Dreams, Always singing psalms, And haughty Grandma Silver Dreams, Throned with folded palms. Here played cousin Alice. Her soul was best of all. And every fairy loved her, In our ancestral hall. Alice has a prairie grave. The King and Queen lie low, And aged Grandma Silver Dreams, Four tombstones in a row. But still in snow and sunshine Stands our ancestral hall. Agate is the dome, Cornelian the wall. And legends walk about, And proverbs, with proud airs. Ghouls are in the cellar, But fays upon the stairs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO EDGAR LEE MASTERS by RICHARD BUTLER GLAENZER IF GRAY HAD HAD TO WRITE HIS ELEGY IN CEMETERY OF SPOON RIVER ... by JOHN COLLINGS SQUIRE STYX RIVER ANTHOLOGY by CAROLYN WELLS A NET TO SNARE THE MOONLIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY LINCOLN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY ON THE BUILDING OF SPRINGFIELD by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY SIMON LEGREE: NEGRO SERMON; MEMORIAL TO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE BRONCHO THAT WOULD NOT BE BROKEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE CHINESE NIGHTINGALE; A SONG IN CHINESE TAPESTRIES by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY |
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