His "Collected Poems" (1925) gives a good selection.
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From an anthology of verse by Jessie B. Rittenhouse (1913, 1917):
"Lindsay, Vachel. Born November 10, 1879. Educated at Hiram College, Ohio.
He took up the study of art and
studied at the Art Institute, Chicago,
1900-03 and at the New York School of Art, 1904-05. For a time
after his
technical study, he lectured upon art in its practical relation
to the
community, and returning to his home in Springfield, Illinois,
issued what one might term his manifesto in the shape of
"The Village Magazine", divided about
equally between prose articles,
pertaining to beautifying his native city, and poems,
illustrated by his own drawings. Soon after this, Mr. Lindsay,
taking as scrip for the journey, "Rhymes to be Traded for Bread",
made a
pilgrimage on foot through several Western States
going as far afield as New Mexico. The story of this journey is given
in his
volume, "Adventures while Preaching the Gospel of Beauty".
Mr. Lindsay first attracted attention in
poetry by "General William Booth
Enters into Heaven", a poem which became the title of his first
volume,
in 1913. His second
volume was "The Congo", published in 1914.
He is attempting to
restore to
poetry its early
appeal as a
spoken art,
and his later work differs greatly from the selections contained
in this anthology."
End