{"id":1380,"date":"2019-04-28T20:07:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T20:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2019-05-04T03:04:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T03:04:22","slug":"of-the-knowledge-of-beasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1380","title":{"rendered":"Of the Knowledge of Beasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

Who knoweth, but that beasts,<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> as they do lie
\nIn meadows low, or else on mountains high,<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nMay contemplations have upon<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the sun,
\nAnd how his daily, yearly circles run?<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nWhether the sun about the Earth doth rove, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nOr else the Earth on<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> its own poles doth move;<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAnd in the night, when twinkling stars they<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> see,
\nLike man, imagine<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> them all suns to be;
\nAnd may like man, stars,<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> planets number well,
\nAnd could they speak, they might<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> their motions tell;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10
\nAnd how each planet in its orb doth<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> move;
\n\u2019Gainst their astrology no man can<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> prove.
\nFor they may know the stars, and their aspects,
\nWhat influence they cast, and their effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who knoweth, but that beasts, as they do lie In meadows low, or else on mountains high, May contemplations have upon the sun, And how his daily, yearly circles run? Whether the sun about the Earth doth rove, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Or else the Earth on its own poles doth move; And in the night, when … Continue reading Of the Knowledge of Beasts<\/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":[239,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral-discourses","category-part2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380","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=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1383,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}