Algernon Charles Swinburne Quote

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.


Under the Microscope (1872)


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...

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...

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...

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...