"Laureateship" Quotes from Famous Books
... not noticed the poet's laureateship. The truth is, the office never seemed to belong to him; and we forgot it, when not specially reminded of it. We did not like to think of him in court-dress, going through the ceremonies of levee or ball, in his old age. His white hair ... — Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 43, May, 1861 • Various |