Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes


The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog; not though in that stage of development he should puff and blow himself till he bursts with windy adulation at the heels of the laureled ox.


Citations

Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Under the Microscope, D. White, 1872, p. 45.

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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne
  • Born: April 5, 1837
  • Died: April 10, 1909
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet, Playwright, Novelist, Critic

Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.