Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931
"The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems"
And spoke with tongues in prophet words so mighty
We stamped and whirled and wept and shouted: --
Congregation Rises and Joins the Song:
. . . . "Glory."
We were his people.
gravely, magnificently.>
Both Leaders: You shall be wild and gay,
Green trees shall deck your way,
Sunday be every day,
Ten thousand years.
maintaining a certain intention of benediction.>
King Solomon,
King Solomon.
How Samson Bore Away the Gates of Gaza
(A Negro Sermon.)
Once, in a night as black as ink,
She drove him out when he would not drink.
Round the house there were men in wait
Asleep in rows by the Gaza gate.
But the Holy Spirit was in this man.
Like a gentle wind he crept and ran.
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