{"id":1527,"date":"2019-04-29T21:52:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T21:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2019-05-04T02:25:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T02:25:46","slug":"a-bisk-for-natures-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1527","title":{"rendered":"A Bisk for Nature\u2019s Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

A forehead which is high,<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> broad, smooth, and sleek;<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nA large great eye that\u2019s black<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and very quick;
\nA brow that\u2019s arched, or like a bow that\u2019s<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> bent;
\nA rosy cheek, and in the midst a dent;
\nTwo cherry lips, whereon the dew lies wet;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nA nose between the eyes that\u2019s even set;
\nA chin that\u2019s neither short nor very long;
\nA sharp, and quick, and ready pleasing tongue;
\nA breath of musk and amber; breasts which silk<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nIn softness do resembl\u2019in whiteness milk;<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\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
\nA body plump, white, of an even growth,
\nThat\u2019s active, lively, quick, and<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> void of sloth;
\nA heart that\u2019s firm and sound;<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a liver good;
\nA speech that\u2019s plain and eas\u2019ly<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> understood;
\nA hand that\u2019s fat, and smooth,<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and very white,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15
\nThe<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> inside moist, and red like rubies bright;
\nA brawny arm; a wrist that\u2019s round and small;
\nAnd fingers long, and joints not big withal;
\nA stomach strong and easy to digest;
\nA swan-like neck; and an out-bearing chest.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20
\nAll these when mixed<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> with pleasure and delight,
\nAnd strewed upon with eyes most<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> quick of sight,
\nAre put into<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a dish of admiration,
\nAnd so served<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span> up with praises of a nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A forehead which is high, broad, smooth, and sleek; A large great eye that\u2019s black and very quick; A brow that\u2019s arched, or like a bow that\u2019s bent; A rosy cheek, and in the midst a dent; Two cherry lips, whereon the dew lies wet;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 A nose between the eyes that\u2019s even set; A … Continue reading A Bisk for Nature\u2019s Table<\/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":[237,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fancies","category-part3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527","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=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1529,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}