{"id":2508,"date":"2019-05-04T14:52:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T14:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2019-08-06T01:26:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T01:26:17","slug":"an-excuse-for-writing-so-much-upon-my-verses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2508","title":{"rendered":"An Excuse for Writing So Much upon my Verses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Condemn<span id='easy-footnote-1-2508' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2508#easy-footnote-bottom-1-2508' title='This title is a composite. In 1653 the title reads \u201cAn Excuse for So Much Writ upon my Verses\u201d; in 1664 and 1668 it reads, \u201cAn Apology for Writing So Much upon This Book\u201d.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> me not for making such a coil<span id='easy-footnote-2-2508' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2508#easy-footnote-bottom-2-2508' title='for making such a coil] &lt;em&gt;I make so much ado &lt;\/em&gt;1664, 1668'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nAbout my<span id='easy-footnote-3-2508' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2508#easy-footnote-bottom-3-2508' title='my] &lt;em&gt;this &lt;\/em&gt;1664, 1668'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> book: alas, it is my child.<span id='easy-footnote-4-2508' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2508#easy-footnote-bottom-4-2508' title='alas, it is my child.] &lt;em&gt;it is my &lt;\/em&gt;Child, &lt;em&gt;you know&lt;\/em&gt;; 1664; &lt;em&gt;it is my &lt;\/em&gt;Child, &lt;em&gt;you know&lt;\/em&gt;. 1668&lt;br \/&gt;\nCompare Ann Bradstreet, \u201cThe Author to her Book,\u201d in &lt;em&gt;Several Poems&lt;\/em&gt; (Boston, 1678), p. 236: \u201cThou ill-form\u2019d offspring of my feeble brain, \/ Who after birth did&amp;#8217;st by my side remain, \/ [\u2026] \/ Yet being mine own, at length affection would \/ Thy blemishes amend, if so I could\u201d (ll. 1\u20132, 11\u201312).'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nJust like a bird when her young are in nest<br \/>\nGoes in and out, and hops, and takes no rest,<br \/>\nBut when their young are fledged, their heads out peep,\u00a0 5<br \/>\nLord what a chirping does the old one keep!<br \/>\nSo I\u2014for fear my strengthless child should fall<br \/>\nAgainst a door or stool\u2014aloud I call,<br \/>\n\u201cBid have a care of such a dangerous place!\u201d<br \/>\nThus write I much to hinder all disgrace.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Condemn me not for making such a coil About my book: alas, it is my child. Just like a bird when her young are in nest Goes in and out, and hops, and takes no rest, But when their young are fledged, their heads out peep,\u00a0 5 Lord what a chirping does the old one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2508\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Excuse for Writing So Much upon my Verses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prefatory-material-section"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2508"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2684,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions\/2684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}