And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Seite 217von Alexander Pope - 1807 - 550 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| C.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither - 1998 - 506 Seiten
...finite number . . . The Six Enneads Sixth Ennead VI.2 T 278 MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING Pope, Alexander As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. The Complete Poetical Works of POPE An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot 1. 127 Proclus Wherever there is number,... | |
| Trevor Thornton Ross - 1998 - 412 Seiten
...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... | |
| 19?? - 918 Seiten
...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,...but serv'd to ease some Friend, not Wife To help me thro' this long Disease, my life. LEB See also DANCE; DETECTIVE STORIES; LITERATURE; OPERA; POETRY... | |
| John Sitter - 2001 - 322 Seiten
...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,... | |
| George Justice - 2002 - 302 Seiten
...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... | |
| Joyce Carol Oates - 2004 - 178 Seiten
...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,... | |
| Joseph Warton - 2004 - 440 Seiten
...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... | |
| W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 Seiten
...languishing in bed, 'Just so immortal Maro held his head:' And when I die, be sure you let 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,... | |
| 124 Seiten
...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... | |
| Pat Rogers - 2007
...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... | |
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