Songs of a Vagrom Angel

First published in 1916, Songs of a Vagrom Angel is an early example of free verse poetry in the English language. Its scribe, Elsa Barker, claimed the poems were given to her by an angelic presence she called her "Vagrom Angel." In the sleepless span of twenty-two hours she penned all forty-two "songs" through a process of automatic writing. Elegant and lyrical, the songs explore the peregrinations of a disembodied being who flirts with Silence, comforts Truth, and teases mortals who catch his eye. "So many souls have responded to my lightest call! It rests me to hang in adoration above an unconscious sleeper. Some day that soul will awake; But when I see the flickering of its eyelids, I shall run away with my garment held high lest it impede the swiftness of my footsteps. So shall I make that soul a poet. It will vaguely know that somewhere it has been loved by an angel, And the dumb yearning to re-find that love will inspire immortal songs." THIS EBOOK CONTAINS - hand-formatted text to replicate the original publication - hand-edited content; no automated OCR with distracting typos! - a dynamic table of contents

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