John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7888 Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837-1909 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7888 |
| AUTHOR: | Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Under the Microscope. |