{"id":17688,"date":"2022-12-31T10:54:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=17688"},"modified":"2022-12-31T10:54:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:54:26","slug":"cheer-for-a-new-year-from-milton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=17688","title":{"rendered":"Cheer for a New Year from Milton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Haste thee nymph, and bring with thee\r\nJest and youthful Jollity,\r\nQuips and cranks, and wanton wiles,\r\nNods, and becks, and wreathed smiles,\r\nSuch as hang on Hebe's cheek,\r\nAnd love to live in dimple sleek;\r\nSport that wrinkled Care derides,\r\nAnd Laughter holding both his sides.\r\nCome, and trip it as ye go\r\nOn the light fantastic toe,\r\nAnd in thy right hand lead with thee,\r\nThe mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty;\r\nAnd if I give thee honour due,\r\nMirth, admit me of thy crew\r\nTo live with her, and live with thee,\r\nIn unreproved pleasures free;\r\nTo hear the lark begin his flight,\r\nAnd singing startle the dull night,\r\nFrom his watch-tower in the skies,\r\nTill the dappled dawn doth rise;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brandywinebooks.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mirth2022.jpg?resize=474%2C632&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Illustration of running nymph with Jest\" class=\"wp-image-17691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brandywinebooks.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mirth2022.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brandywinebooks.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mirth2022.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brandywinebooks.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mirth2022.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Verses from John Milton&#8217;s &#8220;L&#8217;Allegro&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haste thee nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe&#8217;s cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go On &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=17688\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cheer for a New Year from Milton<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[1474,2002],"class_list":["post-17688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-john-milton","tag-new-year"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17692,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688\/revisions\/17692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}