{"id":1775,"date":"2019-04-30T03:28:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T03:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2019-04-30T03:30:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T03:30:15","slug":"a-soldier-armed-by-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1775","title":{"rendered":"A Soldier Armed by Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

His headpiece was<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of prudence, where<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> his eye
\nOf judgment<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> dangers and<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> mistakes did<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> spy;
\nHis breast-plate made of courage, to<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> keep out
\nBullets of fear, and<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> blows of timorous doubt.
\nThe gauntlets on his hands were<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> active skill,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nWherewith he held a poleaxe of good will.
\nHis sword was strong, and a stiff metal<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> blade,
\nFor it was all of pure bright honor made.
\nA scarf, which Fortune gave, his waist did tie,
\nEmbroidered thick with stars<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of purple dye.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 10
\nA plume of valor on his headpiece waved;<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nA cloak of merit all his body saved.<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nHis spurs, rowelled with hope, did pierce<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the side
\nOf strong ambition, whereon he did ride.
\nThus was he<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span> armed, and for great fame did fight.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15
\nShe was his mistress, he her champion knight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

His headpiece was of prudence, where his eye Of judgment dangers and mistakes did spy; His breast-plate made of courage, to keep out Bullets of fear, and blows of timorous doubt. The gauntlets on his hands were active skill,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Wherewith he held a poleaxe of good will. His sword was strong, and a stiff … Continue reading A Soldier Armed by Mars<\/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":[223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clasp-3-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775","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=1775"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1780,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions\/1780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}