{"id":4401,"date":"2008-02-18T19:27:39","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T23:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2008-02-18T19:27:47","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T23:27:47","slug":"a-presidents-day-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2008\/02\/a-presidents-day-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"A Presidents&#8217; Day Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A poem for Presidents&#8217; Day:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;<br \/>\nThe ship has weather\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d every rack, the prize we sought is won;<br \/>\nThe port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,<br \/>\nWhile follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:<br \/>\nBut O heart! heart! heart!<br \/>\nO the bleeding drops of red,<br \/>\nWhere on the deck my Captain lies,<br \/>\nFallen cold and dead.<\/p>\n<p>O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;<br \/>\nRise up\u00e2\u20ac\u201dfor you the flag is flung\u00e2\u20ac\u201dfor you the bugle trills;<br \/>\nFor you bouquets and ribbon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d wreaths\u00e2\u20ac\u201dfor you the shores a-crowding;<br \/>\nFor you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;<br \/>\nHere Captain! dear father!<br \/>\nThis arm beneath your head;<br \/>\nIt is some dream that on the deck,<br \/>\nYou\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve fallen cold and dead.<\/p>\n<p>My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;<br \/>\nMy father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;<br \/>\nThe ship is anchor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;<br \/>\nFrom fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;<br \/>\nExult, O shores, and ring, O bells!<br \/>\nBut I, with mournful tread,<br \/>\nWalk the deck my Captain lies,<br \/>\nFallen cold and dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Walt Whitman<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem for Presidents&#8217; Day:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}