"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. These adventures convey and illustrate the rules of beggary for poets and some others." Published in 1919, this is poet Vachel Lindsay's description of his travels "afoot and penniless" across the southern and eastern United States, staying with strangers, reciting or trading poetry for dinner, and along the way, describing in stories and poetry, ...
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Part 2.13, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," part 8, and "That Men Might See Again the Angel Throng."And that's the end of the book. Now I'll be sad for a while, I think. And then find another book. What adventure awaits? "God help us to be brave."Music by Kevin MacLeod.…
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Part 2.12, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," parts 6 & 7.Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.11, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," parts 4 & 5.Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.10, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," parts 2 & 3.Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.9, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "Life Transcendent," "In the Immaculate Conception Church," and "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," part 1.Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.8, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "Death, The Devil, and Human Kindness," part 4.Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.7, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "Death, The Devil, and Human Kindness," parts 2 & 3.Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.6, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "What the Sexton Said," and "Death, The Devil, and Human Kindness," part 1Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.5, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "Near Shickshinny, Parts 4 & 5" (the end thereof).Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.4, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "Near Shickshinny, Parts 2 & 3"Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.3, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes:Poem "The Town of American Visions""On Being Entertained One Evening by College Boys"Poem "That Which Men Hail as Kings""Near Shickshinny, Part 1"Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.2, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes the last part of "A Temple Made With Hands."Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 2.1, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "In Lost Jerusalem," and the beginning of "A Temple Made With Hands."Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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End of Part 1.8 with "With a Rose, for Brunhilde," and "Lady Iron Heels."Part 2 should be along shortly.Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 1.7 -- "The Old Lady at the Top of the Hill."Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 1.6 -- "Man in the House of Collars" and "Confucius."Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 1.5 -- "The House of the Loom" and "Phidias."Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 1.4 -- "The Gnome" and "The Tramps Refusal."Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 1.3 -- "Macon" and "The Falls of Tallulah."Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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Part 1.2 -- Second Story "The Man with the Apple Green Eyes"Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, byVachel Lindsay. True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popul…
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