{"id":1575,"date":"2019-04-29T22:30:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T22:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2019-05-04T02:22:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T02:22:07","slug":"comparing-the-head-to-a-barrel-of-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"Comparing the Head to a Barrel of Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

The head is like a barrel, which will break
\nIf th\u2019liquor be too strong; but if\u2019t be<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> weak,
\nIt<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> will the riper grow by lying long,
\nFor<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> kept from vent, the spirits grow more strong.
\nSo wit, which Nature tuns up in the brain,<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nNever leaves working, if it close remain.<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n\u2019Twill<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> through discretion<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> burst and run about,
\nUnless a pen and ink do tap it out.
\nBut if the wit be small, then let it lie,
\nFor<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> broached too soon, the spirits quickly die.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The head is like a barrel, which will break If th\u2019liquor be too strong; but if\u2019t be weak, It will the riper grow by lying long, For kept from vent, the spirits grow more strong. So wit, which Nature tuns up in the brain,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Never leaves working, if it close remain. \u2019Twill through discretion … Continue reading Comparing the Head to a Barrel of Wine<\/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-1575","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\/1575","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=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}