{"id":1613,"date":"2019-04-29T23:38:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T23:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2019-05-04T02:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T02:19:09","slug":"of-a-picture-hung-in-natures-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1613","title":{"rendered":"Of a Picture Hung in Nature\u2019s House"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

A painter who would<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> draw the firmament
\nDid with a round plump face the same<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> present.
\nHis pencils were the beams shot from fair eyes,
\nWhere some of them he in red blushes dyes,
\nWhich as the morning, when the heaven\u2019s<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> clear,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nShows<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> just so red before the sun appear.
\nThe veins he draws for a blue azure<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> sky,
\nAnd for the sun, a great and fair<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> grey eye.
\nThe rainbow like a brow he pencils<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> out,
\nWhich circles half a weeping eye about.\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 10
\nFrom pure pale complexions, takes<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a white,
\nMixed with a count\u2019nance<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> sad, he shades the<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> night.
\nThus Heav\u2019n he doth with such<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a face present,
\nThat<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> is adorned with beauty excellent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A painter who would draw the firmament Did with a round plump face the same present. His pencils were the beams shot from fair eyes, Where some of them he in red blushes dyes, Which as the morning, when the heaven\u2019s clear,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Shows just so red before the sun appear. The veins he draws … Continue reading Of a Picture Hung in Nature\u2019s House<\/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-1613","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\/1613","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=1613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1613\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}