Vachel Lindsay

Vachel Lindsay (1879 - December 5, 1931) was an American poet born in Springfield, Illinois.

Selected Works

• "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight"
• "An Indian Summer Day on the Prairie"
• "A Rhyme About an Electrical Advertising Sign"
• "A Sense of Humor"
• "The Dandelion"
• "Drying Their Wings"
• "The Eagle That is Forgotten"
• "Euclid"
• "Factory Windows are Always Broken"
• "The Flower-Fed Buffaloeses"
• "In Praise of Johnny Appleseed"
• "Love and Law"
• "The North Star Whispers to the Blacksmith's Son"
• "On the Garden Wall"
• "The Prairie Battlements"
• "Prologue to "Rhymes to be Traded for Bread"
• "The Rose of Midnight"
• "This Section is a Christmas Tree"
• "To Gloriana"
• "What Semiramis Said"
• "What the Ghost of the Gambler Said"
• "Written for a Musician"

External Links

• "The Chinese Nightingale".