{"id":652,"date":"2017-06-09T22:18:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=652"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:01:57","slug":"of-the-attraction-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=652","title":{"rendered":"Of the Attraction of the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b><\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The reason Earth attracts much like the sun,<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Is atoms sharp out from the Earth do come:<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>From its<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> circumference, like bees they rise,<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>When<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> from a swarm dispersed apart, each flies.<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>And as they wander, meet with duller forms,<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> 5
\n<\/span>Wherein they stick their point, then back returns.<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>For like<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a bee that\u2019s loaden on<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> each thigh,
\n<\/span>Hath a great weight and<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> cannot nimbly fly,
\n<\/span>So when their points are loaded, heavy grow,<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Can<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span> pierce no further: backward must they go.<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a010
\n<\/span>And as their hives to Earth return again.
\n<\/span>Thus by their travel, they the Earth maintain.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The reason Earth attracts much like the sun, Is atoms sharp out from the Earth do come: From its circumference, like bees they rise, When from a swarm dispersed apart, each flies. And as they wander, meet with duller forms, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5 Wherein they stick their point, then … Continue reading Of the Attraction of the Earth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}