Vachel Lindsay. The Horrid Voice of Science. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

The Horrid Voice of Science

By Vachel Lindsay


From “Whimseys” “THERE’S machinery in the butterfly;
There’s a mainspring to the bee;
There’s hydraulics to a daisy,
And contraptions to a tree.

“If we could see the birdie	5
That makes the chirping sound
With x-ray, scientific eyes,
We could see the wheels go round.”

And I hope all men
Who think like this	10
Will soon lie
Underground.