Famous quotes containing the words poet laureate, appointed and/or poet:
“Flashd from his bed the electric tidings came,
He is no better, he is much the same.”
—Anonymous.
Parody of the style of poet laureate Alfred Austin (1835-1913)
“No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)
“To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.”
—Robert Graves (18951985)
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