{"id":701,"date":"2017-06-09T22:45:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701"},"modified":"2019-05-13T14:26:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:26:17","slug":"of-a-burning-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701","title":{"rendered":"Of a Burning Coal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span id='easy-footnote-1-701' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701#easy-footnote-bottom-1-701' title='In 1668 this poem is called \u201cOf a Burning-Coal\u201d'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe cause a coal doth<span id='easy-footnote-2-701' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701#easy-footnote-bottom-2-701' title='The cause a coal doth] Why that a &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Coale&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; should 1653'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> set a house on fire<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is atoms sharp are in that coal entire.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being strong armed with points, do quite pierce through<span id='easy-footnote-3-701' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701#easy-footnote-bottom-3-701' title='Being strong armed with points, do quite pierce through] Which being arm\u2019d with &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Points&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; quite thorow go, 1664; Which being arm\u2019d with &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Points&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;, quite thorow go, 1668'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those flat dull atoms, and<span id='easy-footnote-4-701' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701#easy-footnote-bottom-4-701' title='Those flat dull atoms, and] And those &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;flat&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Atomes&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; with 1664; And those &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;flat Atoms,&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; with 1668'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> their forms<span id='easy-footnote-5-701' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701#easy-footnote-bottom-5-701' title='A marginal note in Cavendish\u2019s 1653 text reads: \u201cNot the form of the atoms, but the form of their settlement.\u201d In 1664 and 1668 the marginal note ends, \u201cthe form of what they settle on.\u201d'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> undo.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And atoms sharp, whose form is made for flight, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If loose, do run to help the rest in fight,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For like as<span id='easy-footnote-6-701' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701#easy-footnote-bottom-6-701' title='For like as] Like unto 1664, 1668'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> soldiers which are of one side,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When they see<span id='easy-footnote-7-701' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701#easy-footnote-bottom-7-701' title='When they see] Seeing their 1664, 1668'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> friends engaged, to rescue ride.<span id='easy-footnote-8-701' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701#easy-footnote-bottom-8-701' title='A marginal note in Cavendish\u2019s 1653 text reads: \u201cStraggling, loose atoms, which we perceive not, do run to those which are united in the coal.\u201d In 1664 and 1668, the note reads only, \u201cStraggling loose.\u201d'><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But atoms flat, where motion is but slow,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They cannot fight, but straight to ashes go. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cause a coal doth set a house on fire Is atoms sharp are in that coal entire. Being strong armed with points, do quite pierce through Those flat dull atoms, and their forms undo. And atoms sharp, whose form is made for flight, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 5 If loose, do run &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=701\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Of a Burning Coal<\/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-701","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\/701","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=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2606,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions\/2606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}