Nicholas Vachel Lindsay

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    “here at midnight, in our little town
    A mourning figure walks, and will not rest,
    Near the old court-house pacing up and down,”
    —Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)

    “on a Saterday
    This carpenter was goon til Oseney,
    And hende Nicholas and Alisoun
    Accorded been to this conclusioun,
    That Nicholas shal shapen hem a wile
    This sely jalous housbonde to bigile,”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “Sleep softly . . . eagle forgotten . . . under the stone.”
    —Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)