{"id":1389,"date":"2019-04-28T20:13:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T20:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2019-05-04T03:02:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T03:02:42","slug":"earths-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389","title":{"rendered":"Earth\u2019s Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O Nature! Nature,<span id='easy-footnote-1-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-1-1389' title='Nature! Nature,] &lt;em&gt;Nature, Nature,&lt;\/em&gt; 1653; Nature, Nature! 1664; &lt;em&gt;Nature! Nature!&lt;\/em&gt; 1668 '><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> hearken to my cry,<br \/>\nEach minute wounded am, but<span id='easy-footnote-2-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-2-1389' title='Each minute wounded am, but] I\u2019m Wounded sore, but yet I 1664; I\u2019m wounded sore, but yet I 1668 '><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> cannot die.<br \/>\nMy children, which I from my womb did bear,<br \/>\nDo dig my sides, and all my bowels tear.<br \/>\nThey<span id='easy-footnote-3-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-3-1389' title='They] Do 1653 '><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> plow deep furrows in my very face;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<br \/>\nFrom torment I have neither time nor place.<br \/>\nNo other element is so abused,<br \/>\nOr<span id='easy-footnote-4-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-4-1389' title='Or] Nor 1653 '><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> by mankind so cruelly is used.<br \/>\nMan cannot reach the skies to plow and sow,<br \/>\nNor can they set, or make<span id='easy-footnote-5-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-5-1389' title='make] mark 1653 '><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the stars to grow. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 10<br \/>\nBut they are still as Nature first did<span id='easy-footnote-6-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-6-1389' title='first did] did them 1664, 1668 '><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> plant,<br \/>\nNeither maturity nor growth they want.<br \/>\nThey never die, nor do they yield their place<br \/>\nTo younger stars, but still run their own race.<br \/>\nThe sun doth never groan young suns to bear, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15<br \/>\nFor he himself is his own son and heir.<br \/>\nHe in the center sits just like a king;<span id='easy-footnote-7-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-7-1389' title='He in the center sits just like a king;] The &lt;em&gt;Sun&lt;\/em&gt; just in the &lt;em&gt;Center&lt;\/em&gt; sits, as &lt;em&gt;King&lt;\/em&gt;, 1653 '><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nRound him the planets are as in a ring;<span id='easy-footnote-8-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-8-1389' title='Round him the planets are as in a ring;] The &lt;em&gt;Planets&lt;\/em&gt; round about incircle him. 1653 '><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe largest<span id='easy-footnote-9-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-9-1389' title='largest] slowest 1653 '><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> orbs over his head turn slow,<br \/>\nAnd underneath the swiftest planets go. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20<br \/>\nEach several planet,<span id='easy-footnote-10-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-10-1389' title='Each several Planet,] All several Planets 1664; All several Planets, 1668 '><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> several measures take,<br \/>\nAnd with their motions they<span id='easy-footnote-11-1389' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389#easy-footnote-bottom-11-1389' title='they] do 1664, 1668 '><sup>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> sweet music make.<br \/>\nThus all the planets round about him move,<br \/>\nAnd he returns them light for their kind love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Nature! Nature, hearken to my cry, Each minute wounded am, but cannot die. My children, which I from my womb did bear, Do dig my sides, and all my bowels tear. They plow deep furrows in my very face;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 From torment I have neither time nor place. No other element is so abused, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1389\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Earth\u2019s Complaint<\/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-1389","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\/1389","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=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1391,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions\/1391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}