{"id":2505,"date":"2019-05-04T14:50:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T14:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2019-05-04T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T14:51:14","slug":"the-poetresss-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2505","title":{"rendered":"The Poetress\u2019s Petition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like to a fever\u2019s pulse my heart doth beat,
\nFor fear my book some great repulse should meet.
\nIf it be naught, let her<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> in silence lie;
\nDisturb her<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> not; let her<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> in quiet die.
\nLet not the bells of your dispraise ring loud,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nBut wrap her<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> up in silence as a shroud.
\nCause black oblivion on her<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> hearse to lie;<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nInstead of tapers, let dark night stand by.<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nInstead of flowers on her<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> grave to<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> strow
\nBefore her<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> hearse, sleepy, dull poppy throw.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10
\nInstead of scutcheons, let my tears be hung,
\nWhich grief and sorrow from my eyes out wrung.
\nLet those that bear her<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> corpse no jesters be,
\nBut sober, sad, and grave mortality;<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nNo satyr poets to her funeral come,<\/span>13<\/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 15
\nNo altars raised to write inscriptions on.<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nLet dust of all forgetfulness be cast
\nUpon her<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span> corpse; there let it<\/span>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span> lie and waste.
\nNor let her<\/span>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span> rise again, unless some know
\nAt judgments some good merits she<\/span>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span> can show;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 20
\nThen she shall<\/span>19<\/sup><\/a><\/span> live in heavens of high praise,
\nAnd for her<\/span>20<\/sup><\/a><\/span> glory, garlands of fresh<\/span>21<\/sup><\/a><\/span> bays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like to a fever\u2019s pulse my heart doth beat, For fear my book some great repulse should meet. If it be naught, let her in silence lie; Disturb her not; let her in quiet die. Let not the bells of your dispraise ring loud,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 But wrap her up in silence as … Continue reading The Poetress\u2019s Petition<\/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":[243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prefatory-material-section"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505","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=2505"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions\/2507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}