{"id":1565,"date":"2019-04-29T22:18:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2019-05-04T02:22:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T02:22:55","slug":"natures-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1565","title":{"rendered":"Nature\u2019s Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eternity, as usher, goes<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> before.
\nAnd Destiny, as porter, keeps the door
\nOf the great world, who lets Life out and in.
\nThe Fates, her maids, this<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> thread of Life do spin.
\nMutability orders with great<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> care.\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nMotion, her footboy, runneth everywhere.
\nTime, as her page, doth carry up her train,
\nBut in his service he doth little<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> gain.
\nThe Days are the surveyors, which do<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> view
\nAll Nature\u2019s works, which<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> are both old and new.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 10
\nThe Seasons four by turns their circuits<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> take,
\nLike judges sit, and distributions<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> make;
\nThe Months, their<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> pen-clerks, write down everything,
\nMake deeds of gifts, and bonds of all that spring.
\nLife\u2019s office is to pay and give out all\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 15
\nTo her receiver, Death, when he doth<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eternity, as usher, goes before. And Destiny, as porter, keeps the door Of the great world, who lets Life out and in. The Fates, her maids, this thread of Life do spin. Mutability orders with great care.\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Motion, her footboy, runneth everywhere. Time, as her page, doth carry up her train, But in his … Continue reading Nature\u2019s Officers<\/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-1565","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\/1565","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=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1568,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions\/1568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}