{"id":150,"date":"2021-06-16T10:44:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=150"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:55:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:55:33","slug":"to-inspector-w-e-clark-on-the-eve-of-his-departure-for-england","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/to-inspector-w-e-clark-on-the-eve-of-his-departure-for-england\/","title":{"raw":"To Inspector W. E. Clark (On the Eve of His Departure for England)","rendered":"To Inspector W. E. Clark (On the Eve of His Departure for England)"},"content":{"raw":"FAREWELL, dear Sir, a sad farewell!\r\nAn' as across the deep you sail,\r\nBon voyage we wish you:\r\nWe love you deepest as we can,[footnote]With all our heart[\/footnote]\r\nAs officer an' gentleman,\r\nWith love slncere an' true.\r\n\r\nThough often you have been our judge,\r\nWe never owed you one lee grudge,\r\nFor you were always fair:\r\nSo, as the sad farewell we say,\r\nMay Neptune guide you, Sir, we pray,\r\nWith ever watchful care.\r\n\r\nBut as you travel to our home,[footnote]England[\/footnote]\r\nSad are the strange thoughts which will come,\r\nBringin' an aching pain;\r\nThat as this is a fitful life,\r\nWith disappointments ever rife,\r\nWe may not meet again.\r\n\r\nYet while our hearts are filled with grief,\r\nThe god of hope brings sweet relief\r\nAn' bids us not despair:\r\nOf all our thoughts we cannot tell,\r\nBut wish you, Sir, a fond farewell,\r\nA farewell of good cheer. :\r\n\r\n21st May, 1911.","rendered":"<p>FAREWELL, dear Sir, a sad farewell!<br \/>\nAn&#8217; as across the deep you sail,<br \/>\nBon voyage we wish you:<br \/>\nWe love you deepest as we can,<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"With all our heart\" id=\"return-footnote-150-1\" href=\"#footnote-150-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nAs officer an&#8217; gentleman,<br \/>\nWith love slncere an&#8217; true.<\/p>\n<p>Though often you have been our judge,<br \/>\nWe never owed you one lee grudge,<br \/>\nFor you were always fair:<br \/>\nSo, as the sad farewell we say,<br \/>\nMay Neptune guide you, Sir, we pray,<br \/>\nWith ever watchful care.<\/p>\n<p>But as you travel to our home,<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"England\" id=\"return-footnote-150-2\" href=\"#footnote-150-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nSad are the strange thoughts which will come,<br \/>\nBringin&#8217; an aching pain;<br \/>\nThat as this is a fitful life,<br \/>\nWith disappointments ever rife,<br \/>\nWe may not meet again.<\/p>\n<p>Yet while our hearts are filled with grief,<br \/>\nThe god of hope brings sweet relief<br \/>\nAn&#8217; bids us not despair:<br \/>\nOf all our thoughts we cannot tell,<br \/>\nBut wish you, Sir, a fond farewell,<br \/>\nA farewell of good cheer. :<\/p>\n<p>21st May, 1911.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-150-1\">With all our heart <a href=\"#return-footnote-150-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-150-2\">England <a href=\"#return-footnote-150-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":39,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-150","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\/150","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/150\/revisions\/508"}],"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\/150\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}