{"id":231,"date":"2021-06-17T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=231"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:01:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:01:39","slug":"to-inspector-w-e-clark-on-his-return","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/to-inspector-w-e-clark-on-his-return\/","title":{"raw":"To Inspector W. E. Clark (On his Return)","rendered":"To Inspector W. E. Clark (On his Return)"},"content":{"raw":"[Note: This is a sequel of sorts to a poem in <em>Songs of Jamaica<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/to-inspector-w-e-clark-on-the-eve-of-his-departure-for-england\/\">\"To Inspector W.E. Clark (On the Eve of his Depature for England\"<\/a>]\r\n\r\nWE welcome you, dear Sir, again;\r\nBut oh! de comin' brings us pain,\r\nFor though we greet you glad to-day,\r\nOnce more you're bound to go away:\r\nWe grieve now deeper than before\r\nTo know you'll be wid us no more.\r\n\r\nWe fought o' meetin' you in gladness;\r\nBut no, our hearts are filled with sadness\r\nTo learn why we must part from you,\r\nAn officer so dear an' true:\r\nOur prayer is dat de Fates will bless\r\nYou an' your kin wid health an' peace.\r\n\r\nFarewell, dear Sir, farewell again! \u2014\r\nA farewell fraught wi' deepest pain:\r\nDe very ringin' o' de bell\r\nSounds like a wailin' of farewell;\r\nWe feel it deeply, to de core,\r\nTo know you'll be wid us no more.","rendered":"<p>[Note: This is a sequel of sorts to a poem in <em>Songs of Jamaica<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/to-inspector-w-e-clark-on-the-eve-of-his-departure-for-england\/\">&#8220;To Inspector W.E. Clark (On the Eve of his Depature for England&#8221;<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>WE welcome you, dear Sir, again;<br \/>\nBut oh! de comin&#8217; brings us pain,<br \/>\nFor though we greet you glad to-day,<br \/>\nOnce more you&#8217;re bound to go away:<br \/>\nWe grieve now deeper than before<br \/>\nTo know you&#8217;ll be wid us no more.<\/p>\n<p>We fought o&#8217; meetin&#8217; you in gladness;<br \/>\nBut no, our hearts are filled with sadness<br \/>\nTo learn why we must part from you,<br \/>\nAn officer so dear an&#8217; true:<br \/>\nOur prayer is dat de Fates will bless<br \/>\nYou an&#8217; your kin wid health an&#8217; peace.<\/p>\n<p>Farewell, dear Sir, farewell again! \u2014<br \/>\nA farewell fraught wi&#8217; deepest pain:<br \/>\nDe very ringin&#8217; o&#8217; de bell<br \/>\nSounds like a wailin&#8217; of farewell;<br \/>\nWe feel it deeply, to de core,<br \/>\nTo know you&#8217;ll be wid us no more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":12,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-231","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":192,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/231","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/231\/revisions\/510"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/192"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/231\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}