Word: laureateship
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...seems to me that there are only two English poets whose achievements entitle them to consideration, - Mr. Swinburne and Mr. William Morris. The latter, however, has turned anarchist, and is out of the question. Mr. Swinburne is a lyrical poet of the first order; ..... if the laureateship is not given to Mr. Swinburne, so much the worse for the laureateship...