Autobiographical notes of the life of William Bell Scott : and notices of his artistic and poetic circle of friends, 1830 to 1882 (1892)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Minto, William, 1845-1893 · London : Osgood, McIlvaine · leaf 140
says of Ros-setti : His whole nature destined him to have a tragic, not a comicor placid background to his journey in this world. This, and his pro-found love of, and actual faith in, the marvellous, made him not onlythe dearest of friends before bad health o\ertook him, but the mostinteresting of… … Secret, he simply appropriated that name for hisown performance. Nothing would restrain him : No name in the world would suit me but that, itexpresses what I want! No doubt it did, but italso expressed what I wanted to say in my sonnet, ii6 IVILLfAM BELL SCOTT chap. which ended the octave with the…
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890 · Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882 · Poets, English -- 19th century · Painters -- Great Britain
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