{"id":1904,"date":"2019-05-01T00:17:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T00:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1904"},"modified":"2019-05-03T11:59:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:59:15","slug":"the-palace-of-the-fairy-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1904","title":{"rendered":"The Palace of the Fairy Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n


\n<\/strong>The stately palace in which the Queen<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> dwells,
\nIts fabric\u2019s built all<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of hodmandod shells.
\nThe hangings, of a rainbow made<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> that\u2019s thin,
\nShow<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> wondrous fine when one first enters<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> in.
\nThe chambers, made<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of amber that is<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> clear,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nDo give a fine<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> sweet smell, if fire be near.
\nHer bed, a cherry-stone, is carved<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> throughout,
\nAnd with a butterfly\u2019s wing hung about;
\nHer sheets are made of a dove\u2019s eyes\u2019 skin,<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nHer pillow a violet bud laid therein.<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\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 10
\nThe doors<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> are cut all of<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span> transparent glass,
\nWhere the queen may be seen when<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span> she doth pass;
\nThese<\/span>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span> doors are locked up<\/span>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span> fast with silver pins,
\nAnd when she goes to sleep,<\/span>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span> our day begins.
\nHer time in pleasure she doth pass<\/span>19<\/sup><\/a><\/span> away,\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
\nAnd will<\/span>20<\/sup><\/a><\/span> do so until the world\u2019s last day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The stately palace in which the Queen dwells, Its fabric\u2019s built all of hodmandod shells. The hangings, of a rainbow made that\u2019s thin, Show wondrous fine when one first enters in. The chambers, made of amber that is clear,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Do give a fine sweet smell, if fire be near. Her bed, … Continue reading The Palace of the Fairy Queen<\/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":[217,233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part4","category-poems-part4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904","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=1904"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904\/revisions\/1907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}