"'I'll have done best, unlike Keats, if I've 'stayed upon the green shore, and piped a silly pipe, and took tea and comfortable advice.'
"I had no idea where he found that quote, and didn't inquire." (p. 38)
But I googled it. See here.
It continues to be a blast.
And see Keats, "Endymion," here.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteI knew Kipling and Shakespeare were among Anderson's favorite poets, and he quoted others like Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Now we have to include John Keats among them. I read "Endymion" and will look up Keats.
Ad astra! Sean