Famous quotes containing the words vachel lindsay, nicholas and/or lindsay:
“Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, Boom,”
A roaring, epic, ragtime tune
From the mouth of the Congo
To the Mountains of the Moon.”
—Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)
“Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.”
—Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)