Famous quotes containing the words vachel lindsay, nicholas and/or lindsay:
“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)
“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)
“But I’ll do my best a gude wife ay to be,
For auld Robin Gray he is kind unto me.”
—Lady Anne Lindsay (1750–1825)