{"id":114,"date":"2021-06-16T09:20:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=114"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:51:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:51:55","slug":"kite-flying","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/kite-flying\/","title":{"raw":"Kite-Flying","rendered":"Kite-Flying"},"content":{"raw":"HIGHER fly, my pretty kite,\r\nOver distant towers;\r\nPaper-made, red, blue an' white,\r\nAll my fav'rite colours.[footnote]The 'l' is swallowed, and the rhyme is good.[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nAs up an' up an' up you mount\r\nOn your way to heaven, Thoughts\r\ncome, which I cannot count,\r\nOf the times I've striven\r\n\r\nJust to soar away like you,\r\nRising to a happier sphere\r\nDeep within yon skies of blue,\r\nFar from all de strife an' care.\r\n\r\nYou have got you' singer[footnote]A strip of paper shaped like a half moon, and stretched on a thread running from one top corner of the kite to the other[\/footnote] on,\r\nLet me hear your singing,\r\nHear you' pleasant bee-like tone\r\nOn de breezes ringing.\r\n\r\nWider dash your streamin' tail,\r\nKeep it still a-dancin'!\r\nAs across de ditch you sail,\r\nBy the tree-tops glancin'.\r\n\r\nMessengers[footnote]Round slips of paper, which go twirling up the kite-string[\/footnote] I send along,\r\nLee round papers of bright red;\r\nUp they go to swell you' song,\r\nClimbin' on the slimber[footnote]Slender[\/footnote] t'read.\r\n\r\nHigher fiy, my pretty kite,\r\nHigher, ever higher;\r\nDraw me with you to your height\r\nOut the earthly mire.","rendered":"

HIGHER fly, my pretty kite,
\nOver distant towers;
\nPaper-made, red, blue an’ white,
\nAll my fav’rite colours.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

As up an’ up an’ up you mount
\nOn your way to heaven, Thoughts
\ncome, which I cannot count,
\nOf the times I’ve striven<\/p>\n

Just to soar away like you,
\nRising to a happier sphere
\nDeep within yon skies of blue,
\nFar from all de strife an’ care.<\/p>\n

You have got you’ singer[2]<\/sup><\/a> on,
\nLet me hear your singing,
\nHear you’ pleasant bee-like tone
\nOn de breezes ringing.<\/p>\n

Wider dash your streamin’ tail,
\nKeep it still a-dancin’!
\nAs across de ditch you sail,
\nBy the tree-tops glancin’.<\/p>\n

Messengers[3]<\/sup><\/a> I send along,
\nLee round papers of bright red;
\nUp they go to swell you’ song,
\nClimbin’ on the slimber[4]<\/sup><\/a> t’read.<\/p>\n

Higher fiy, my pretty kite,
\nHigher, ever higher;
\nDraw me with you to your height
\nOut the earthly mire.<\/p>\n

  1. The 'l' is swallowed, and the rhyme is good. ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. A strip of paper shaped like a half moon, and stretched on a thread running from one top corner of the kite to the other ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. Round slips of paper, which go twirling up the kite-string ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. Slender ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":29,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-114","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114\/revisions\/119"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}