{"id":1963,"date":"2019-05-01T01:16:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T01:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2019-05-01T01:18:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T01:18:32","slug":"of-the-animal-spirits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1963","title":{"rendered":"Of the Animal Spirits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those spirits which we animal do call
\nMay men and women be, and creatures small,
\nAnd may the body into kingdoms wide<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u2014
\nAs muscles, nerves, veins, arteries\u2014divide.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThe head and heart, East and West Indies be,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nWhich through the veins may traffic, as the sea;
\nIn fevers may by shipwreck many die,<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nFor when the blood is hot, and vapors high<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nDo rise, as waves they toss, and when they<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> hit
\nAgainst rocks of obstructions, life doth<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> split.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 10
\nI\u2019th\u2019head, th\u2019East Indies,<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> spicy fancy grows;<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nFrom oranges and lemons sharp satyr flows;<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nI\u2019th\u2019heart,<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the West, where heat the blood refines,
\nThe blood\u2019s like gold, the heart like silver<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> mines.
\nThose from the head, in ships their spice they fetch,<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15
\nAnd from the heart, the gold and silver rich.<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those spirits which we animal do call May men and women be, and creatures small, And may the body into kingdoms wide\u2014 As muscles, nerves, veins, arteries\u2014divide. The head and heart, East and West Indies be,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Which through the veins may traffic, as the sea; In fevers may by shipwreck many die, … Continue reading Of the Animal Spirits<\/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":[224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clasp-4-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963","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=1963"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1966,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963\/revisions\/1966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}