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The Indian Girl Who Made Them (comes After: The Tree Of Laughing Bells, Or The Wings Of The Morning)

Vachel Lindsay

These, the Wings of the Morning,
An Indian Maiden wove,
Intertwining subtilely
Wands from a willow grove
Beside the Sangamon -
Rude stream of Dreamland Town.
She bound them to my shoulders
With fingers golden-brown.
The wings were part of me;
The willow-wands were hot.
Pulses from my heart
Healed each bruise and spot
Of the morning-glory buds,
Beginning to unfold
Beneath her burning song of suns untold.

(C) Vachel Lindsay
03/11/2020


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