The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems

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Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931

"The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems"

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Both Leaders: King Solomon he had four hundred sons.

Congregation: We were the sons.

Both Leaders: Crowned by the throngs again,

You shall make songs again,
Singing along
For ten thousand years.

Both Leaders: He gave each son four hundred prancing ponies.
Congregation: We were the ponies.

Both Leaders: You shall eat hay again,

In forests play again,
Rampage and neigh
For ten thousand years.
Men's Leader: King Solomon he asked the Queen of Sheba,
each one commands half of the stage.>
Bowing most politely:
"What makes the oak-tree grow
Hardy in sun and snow,
Never by wind brought low
Ten thousand years?"
Women's Leader: The Queen of Sheba answered like a lady,

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Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931

"The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems"