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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.