Lindsay en­rolled as a med­ic­al stu­dent at Hi­ram Coll­ege, Ohio (1897-1900), but did not com­plete his stu­dies. From 1901 to 1903, he stu­died art and wrote in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. He event­u­al­ly moved in­to the writ­ing field, and be­came a suc­cess­ful po­et. His works in­clude:

• The Vill­age Mag­a­zine
• Rhymes to Be Trad­ed for Bread
• The Gos­pel of Beau­ty
• The Con­go and Other Po­ems
• The Art of the Mov­ing Pic­ture
• A Handy Guide for Beg­gars
• The Gold­en Whales of Cal­i­forn­ia and Other Rhymes in the Amer­i­can Lang­uage
• The Dan­i­el Jazz and Other Po­ems
• The Gold­en Book of Spring­field
• Going-to-the Sun
• Collected Po­ems
• Going-to-the-Stars
• The Can­dle in the Ca­bin
• The Li­ta­ny of Wash­ing­ton Street
• Every Soul a Cir­cus

Lyrics

1. An Endless Line of Splendor