...in the writer's well to a pathological infantile ictus: Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my Parents', or my own? As yet a Child,...to Fame, I lisp'd in Numbers, for the Numbers came. (125-8) Unlike what infects the decentred, situational selves of Atticus, Sporus, and the rest, the...

...DrArbuthnot, gave this answer: Why did I write? What sin to use unknown Dipt me in Ink, my Parent's, or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a Fool to Fame,...No Duty broke, no Father dis-obey'd. The Muse but serv'd to ease some Friend, not Wife To help me thro' this long Disease, my life. LEB See also DANCE;...

...himself as a natural artist subject only to timeless truth: Why did I write? What sin to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my parents' or my own? As yet a Child,...to fame, I lisp'd in Numbers, for the Numbers came . . . Not Fortune's Worshipper, nor Fashion's Fool, Nor Lucre's Madman, nor Ambition's Tool, Not proud,...

...Pope appears directly to confront his poetic vocation: Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my Parents' or my own? As yet a Child,...this idle trade, No Duty broke, no Father disobey'd. 17 Here Alexander Pope presents himself as the unwitting victim of natural talent. However, the structure...

...know what Judas was like as a boy, and whatever did happen to those family snapshots? Body Matters I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey 'd. The Muse but serve'd to ease some friend, not Wife, To help me thro' this long disease,...

...Alexander Pope has said, in Epistle to Dr. Arbutbnot: Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my Parents', or my own? As yet a Child,...Fame, I lisp'd in Numbers, for the Numbers came." *By "numbers," Pope meant rhythm and rime. NOTES ON FAILURE To Whom the Mornings stand for Nights,...

...urbanity appeared in every word he uttered. P. 81. g. Why did I write? what fin, to me unknown, Dipt me in ink, my parents or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. J left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father...

...me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipped me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father...

...were scarlet, but his books were read.' - Hilaire Belloc Why did I write? whose sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers,1 for the numbers came. - Alexander Pope, (Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot) Few love to hear the sins...

...that Wordsworth didn't equally craft and recraft). "Why did I write?" he asks in Epistle to Arbuthnot; "As yet a Child, nor yet a Fool to Fame, I lisp'd in Numbers, for the Numbers came" (125, 127-8). And as for spontaneous overflow: "The things that I have written fastest have always...