{"id":735,"date":"2017-06-11T22:59:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T22:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:07:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:07:03","slug":"the-agility-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"The Agility of Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id='easy-footnote-1-735' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735#easy-footnote-bottom-1-735' title='In 1653 this poem is called \u201cThe Agilenesse of Water\u201d'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water is apt to move, since<span id='easy-footnote-2-735' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735#easy-footnote-bottom-2-735' title='since] being 1653'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> round like balls:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No points it hath, but trundles<span id='easy-footnote-3-735' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735#easy-footnote-bottom-3-735' title='it hath, but trundles] to fixe, doth trundle 1653'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> as it falls.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This makes the sea, when like great<span id='easy-footnote-4-735' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735#easy-footnote-bottom-4-735' title='great] to 1664, 1668'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> mountains high<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The waves do rise, it cannot steady<span id='easy-footnote-5-735' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735#easy-footnote-bottom-5-735' title='cannot steady] steddy cannot 1653'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> lie,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But falls again into a liquid plain \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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When winds disturb it not, there to<span id='easy-footnote-6-735' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735#easy-footnote-bottom-6-735' title='When winds disturb it not, there to] &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Tides&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;, &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Winds&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; disturbe them not, levell 1653'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> remain.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus wat\u2019ry balls, they do not intermix,<span id='easy-footnote-7-735' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735#easy-footnote-bottom-7-735' title='do not intermix,] are not intermixt, 1664, 1668'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But stick so close,<span id='easy-footnote-8-735' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735#easy-footnote-bottom-8-735' title='A marginal note in Cavendish\u2019s 1653 text reads: \u201cThose drops joining close and even.\u201d In 1664 and 1668, the same note reads: \u201cThat is, the drops which join close and even.\u201d'><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> as nothing is betwixt.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water is apt to move, since round like balls: No points it hath, but trundles as it falls. This makes the sea, when like great mountains high The waves do rise, it cannot steady lie, But falls again into a liquid plain \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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 When winds disturb it not, there to remain. Thus wat\u2019ry balls, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=735\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Agility of Water<\/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-735","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\/735","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=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}