Living
Parvenu
From The Congo and Other Poems (1914)
Living
Where does Cinderella sleep?
By far-off day-dream river.
A secret place her burning Prince
Decks, while his heart-strings quiver.
Homesick for our cinder world,
Her low-born shoulders shiver;
She longs for sleep in cinders curled--
We, for the day-dream river.
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Lindsay, Vachel. “Parvenu.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/92/.
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Lindsay, Vachel. “Parvenu.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/92/.
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