{"id":2115,"date":"2019-05-02T02:19:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T02:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2115"},"modified":"2019-08-06T01:51:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T01:51:48","slug":"upon-the-funeral-of-my-dear-brother-killed-in-these-unhappy-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2115","title":{"rendered":"Upon the Funeral of my Dear Brother, Killed in these Unhappy Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

Alas, who shall condole my funeral,<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nSince none is near that doth my life concern?<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nOr who shall drop a sacrificing tear,
\nIf none but enemies my hearse shall bear?<\/p>\n

For here\u2019s no mourner to lament my fall,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nBut all rejoic\u00e8d in my fate, though sad,<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAnd think my heavy ruin far too light,
\nSo cruel is their malice, spleen, and spite!<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

For men no pity nor compassion have,<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nBut all in savage wilderness do delight<\/span>7<\/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 10
\nTo wash and bathe themselves in my pure<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> blood,
\nAs if they health received from that red flood.<\/p>\n

Yet will the winds ring out my knell,<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAnd showering rain fall on my hearse,<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAnd birds as mourners sit thereon,<\/span>11<\/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 15
\nAnd grass a covering grow upon.<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Rough stones, as scutcheons, shall adorn my tomb,<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAnd glow-worm burning tapers stand thereby;
\nNight sable covering shall me overspread;
\nElegies of mandrakes\u2019 groans shall write me dead.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 20<\/p>\n

Then let no spade nor pickaxe come near me,<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nBut let my bones in peace rest quietly,<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nFor who the dead dislodges from their grave<\/span>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nShall neither blessedness nor honor have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alas, who shall condole my funeral, Since none is near that doth my life concern? Or who shall drop a sacrificing tear, If none but enemies my hearse shall bear? For here\u2019s no mourner to lament my fall,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 But all rejoic\u00e8d in my fate, though … Continue reading Upon the Funeral of my Dear Brother, Killed in these Unhappy Wars<\/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":[231,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-register-of-mournful-verses","category-part5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115","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=2115"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2700,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115\/revisions\/2700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}