{"id":2143,"date":"2019-05-02T03:04:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T03:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2019-05-02T03:05:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T03:05:05","slug":"the-common-fate-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2143","title":{"rendered":"The Common Fate of Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

Books have the worst fate:<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> when they once are<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> read,
\nThey\u2019re laid aside, forgotten like the dead.
\nUnder a heap of dust they buried lie
\nWithin a vault of some small library.
\nBut spiders, which nature has taught to spin,<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nFor th\u2019love and honor of this art\u2014since men<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nSpin likewise all<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> their writings from their<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> brain,
\nStriving to make a lasting web of fame\u2014<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nOf cobwebs thin, high altars do they<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> raise;
\nTheir off\u2019rings, flies, a sacrifice<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of praise.\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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Books have the worst fate: when they once are read, They\u2019re laid aside, forgotten like the dead. Under a heap of dust they buried lie Within a vault of some small library. But spiders, which nature has taught to spin, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 For th\u2019love and honor of this art\u2014since men Spin … Continue reading The Common Fate of Books<\/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":[228],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conclusion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143","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=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2145,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions\/2145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}