RHYMES TO BE TRADED FOR BREAD
BEING NEW VERSES BY NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, JUNE, 1912. PRINTED EXPRESSLY AS A SV INSTITUTE FOR MONEY. THIS BOOK IS TO BE USED IN EXCHANGE FOR THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE ON A TRAMP- JOURNEY FROM THE AUTHOR'S HOME TOWN, THROUGH THE WEST AND BACK, DURING WHICH HE WILL OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING RULES: (1) KEEP AWAY FROM THE CITIES. (2) KEEP AWAY FROM THE RAILROADS. (3) HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEY. CARRY NO BAGGAGE. (4) ASK FOR DINNER ABOUT QUARTER AFTER ELEVEN. (5) ASK FOR SUPPER, LODGING AND BREAKFAST ABOUT QUARTER OF FIVE. (6) TRAVEL ALONE. (7) BE NEAT, TRUTHFUL, CIVIL AND ON THE SQUARE. (8) PREACH THE GOSPEL OF BEAUTY. IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE LAST RULE THERE WILL BE THREE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE AGAINST BAGGAGE. (1) THE AUTHOR WILL CARRY A BRIEF PRINTED STATEMENT, CALLED "THE GOSPEL OF BEAUTY." (2) HE WILL CARRY THIS BOOK OF RHYMES FOR DISTRIBUTION. (3) ALSO HE WILL CARRY A SMALL PORTFOLIO WITH PICTURES, ETC., CHOSEN TO GIVE AN OUTLINE OF HIS VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF ART, ESPECIALLY AS IT APPLIES TO AMERICA.
VERSES OF FANTASY AND DESIRE THE WIZARD WIND. THE WIZARD WIND'S A FRIEND OF MINE, MOST INTIMATE, IN TRUTH, HE WHISTLES SORROW HALF AWAY, HE GIVES ME GOLDEN YOUTH. AND FREE AS THAT SMALL BIRD THAT EATS THE WHEAT-EAR IN THE SHEAF I AM NO LONGER MAN, BUT CLOUD, OR TUMBLED MAPLE-LEAF. ONCE HE TRANSFOKMED ME TO A BEE, HUNGRY FOR HONEY-DEW,
