Quote#Books & Reading
I am still making my living reciting my verses for crowds who refuse…
Quote byVachel Lindsay · 1879–1931
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: What It Means to Be a Poet in America (1926), p. 12, col. 3.
English (original)
I am still making my living reciting my verses for crowds who refuse to buy my books. I must do this, as all American rhymers must, however sick I may be of the sound of my own voice.
— Vachel Lindsay
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