Versos English Vachel Lindsay Parvenu

English poem

Parvenu

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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.