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Lindsay, Vachel
(Encyclopedia) Lindsay, Vachel (Nicholas Vachel Lindsay)Lindsay, Vachelvāˈchəl [key]Lindsay, Vachel lĭnˈzē [key], 1879–1931, American poet, b. Springfield, Ill., studied at Hiram College, the Art…Vachel Lindsay
Lindsay, Vachel[1879-1931](4)Born in Springfield, Ill., Nov. 10, 1879. Educated at Hiram College, Ohio. His first intention was to enter the field of art and he became a student at the Art…Monroe, Harriet
(Encyclopedia) Monroe, Harriet, 1860–1936, American editor, critic, and poet, b. Chicago. In 1912 she founded Poetry: a Magazine of Verse, which paid and encouraged both established and new poets.…Masters, Edgar Lee
(Encyclopedia) Masters, Edgar Lee, 1869–1950, American poet and biographer, b. Garnett, Kans. He maintained a successful law practice in Chicago from 1892 to 1920. Masters's Spoon River Anthology (…Vachel Lindsay: The Chinese Nightingale
The Chinese NightingaleVachel Lindsay"How, how," he said. "Friend Chang," I said, "San Francisco sleeps as the dead — Ended license, lust and play: Why do you iron the night away? Your big…Nicholas Vachel Lindsay: The Dreamer
The DreamerNicholas Vachel Lindsay"Why do you seek the sun, In your Bubble-Crown ascending? Your chariot will melt to mist, Your crown will have an ending." "Nay, sun is but a Bubble, Earth…Vachel Lindsay: The Flower of Mending
The Flower of MendingVachel LindsayWhen Dragon-fly would fix his wings, When Snail would patch his house, When moths have marred the overcoat Of tender Mister Mouse,The pretty creatures go…Anderson, Margaret C.
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Margaret C., 1886–1973, American author, editor, and publisher, b. Indianapolis, Ind. As editor and publisher of The Little Review (1914–29), one of the most famous of the…Nicholas Vachel Lindsay: On the Building of Springfield
On the Building of SpringfieldNicholas Vachel LindsayLet not our town be large — remembering That little Athens was the Muses' home; That Oxford rules the heart of London still, That…Nicholas Vachel Lindsay: The Eagle that is forgotten
The Eagle that is forgotten(John P. Altgeld)Nicholas Vachel LindsaySleep softly … eagle forgotten … under the stone. Time has its way with you there, and the clay has its own. "We have buried…