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Lest this sound like the standard autho-biography,13 the
repetition of the same tired story in which a child
11. See note 1. Of all the indignities!
12. Six weeks sleepless and five genealogies, actually. History
foreshortens this achievement because history mistrusts the precocious
child.
13. "The lad found his chief source of delight in the conversations around
him" - opening sentence of BARD FROM PRACTICE:
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF QUIVALIN SATH. "The lad found his chief
source of delight in the conversations around him" - opening sentence of
RIME AMID REASON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RAGGART, POET
OF THE ICE BARBARIANS. "The lad found his chief source of delight in
the conversations around him" - opening sentence of SONG OF
SOLAMNIA: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR MICHAEL WILLIAMS,
KNIGHT OF THE ROSE. It is ironic how these three minor poets try to
conceal their major vanity by writing of themselves in the third person.
falls early in love with the sound and power of words, I
shall continue at once with the actual events that sealed
Armavir's poetic calling. For love of language and stories
makes for a punster or a tattletale in most children,
qualities that do not necessarily blossom into verse unless
somehow the child receives enlightenment, direction
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