Swinburne, by the way, when a very young.... : Quote by Robert Graves

“ Swinburne, by the way, when a very young man, had gone to Walter Savage Landor, then a very old man, and been given the poet’s blessing he asked for; and Landor when a child had been patted on the head by Dr Samuel Johnson; and Johnson when a child had been taken to London to be touched by Queen Anne for scrofula, the King’s evil; and Queen Anne when a child... ”

Robert Graves
  • From : Goodbye to All That
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