{"id":1723,"date":"2019-04-30T01:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T01:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2019-05-03T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:27:37","slug":"similizing-fancy-to-a-gnat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723","title":{"rendered":"Similizing Fancy to a Gnat"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id='easy-footnote-1-1723' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723#easy-footnote-bottom-1-1723' title='Similizing Fancy to a Gnat] &lt;em&gt;Fancies &lt;\/em&gt;Similized &lt;em&gt;to Gnats.&lt;\/em&gt; 1664; Fancies &lt;em&gt;similized to&lt;\/em&gt; Gnats. 1668 '><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p>Some fancies, like small gnats, buzz in the brain,<br \/>\nAnd<span id='easy-footnote-2-1723' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723#easy-footnote-bottom-2-1723' title='And] Which 1653 '><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> by the hand of worldly cares are slain.<br \/>\nBut they do sting so sore the poet\u2019s head,<br \/>\nHis mind is blistered, and his<span id='easy-footnote-3-1723' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723#easy-footnote-bottom-3-1723' title='his] the 1653 '><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> thoughts turn<span id='easy-footnote-4-1723' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723#easy-footnote-bottom-4-1723' title='turn] turn\u2019d 1653 '><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> red.<br \/>\nNought can take out this<span id='easy-footnote-5-1723' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723#easy-footnote-bottom-5-1723' title='this] the 1653 '><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> burning heat and pain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 5<br \/>\nBut pen and ink, to write on paper plain.<br \/>\nThen<span id='easy-footnote-6-1723' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723#easy-footnote-bottom-6-1723' title='Then] But 1653 '><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> take the oil of fame, and \u2019noint<span id='easy-footnote-7-1723' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723#easy-footnote-bottom-7-1723' title='and \u2019noint] annoint 1664, 1668 '><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the mind,<br \/>\nAnd this will<span id='easy-footnote-8-1723' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723#easy-footnote-bottom-8-1723' title='will] to 1664, 1668 '><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> be a perfect cure, you\u2019ll find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some fancies, like small gnats, buzz in the brain, And by the hand of worldly cares are slain. But they do sting so sore the poet\u2019s head, His mind is blistered, and his thoughts turn red. Nought can take out this burning heat and pain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 5 But pen and ink, to write on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1723\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Similizing Fancy to a Gnat<\/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-1723","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\/1723","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=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1726,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions\/1726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}