{"id":274,"date":"2021-06-18T09:16:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=274"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:09:18","slug":"to-w-g-g","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/to-w-g-g\/","title":{"raw":"To W. G. G.","rendered":"To W. G. G."},"content":{"raw":"COME, come wid me, my tired soul,\r\n'Way from de miserable wul';\r\nCome from de noise, de wild alarm,\r\nTo heights o' mountain peace an' calm.\r\n\r\nDo you not hear de battle's roar,\r\nDe tumult ragin' on de shore?\r\nDo you not see de poisonous bait\r\nMan sets for man t'rough deadly hate?\r\n\r\nCome flee de envy an' de strife,\r\nBefore dey ruin our life:\r\nCome to de hills; dey may be drear,\r\nBut we can shun de evil here.\r\n\r\nDe northers now are blowin' chill,\r\nDe fog hangs dismal on de hill,\r\nAn' sometimes fe long dreary days\r\nDe sun is wrapt up in-a haze.\r\n\r\nDe season rain is on te-day,\r\nDe flowers all are fadin' 'way ;\r\nBut dere'll be sun upon de heights\r\nAfter de gloomy Christmas nights.\r\n\r\nSoon shall we feel de heartening charm\r\nOf country life, de sunshine warm;\r\nAn' see, wherever we may roam,\r\nWild flowers burstin' into bloom.\r\n\r\nWe'll hear de murmur o' de rills,\r\nWe'll clearly see de verdant hills\r\nWid here an' dere de peasant's field\r\nSo lovely in its fruitful yield.\r\n\r\nDe helpless playt'ing of a Will,\r\nWe'll spend our short days here; an' still,\r\nThough prisoners, feel somehow free\r\nTo live our lives o' misery.\r\n\r\nDear comrade o' de constab life,\r\nI've gone an' left you in de strife;\r\nBut whether skies are dark or blue,\r\nDis true true heart remembers you.","rendered":"

COME, come wid me, my tired soul,
\n‘Way from de miserable wul’;
\nCome from de noise, de wild alarm,
\nTo heights o’ mountain peace an’ calm.<\/p>\n

Do you not hear de battle’s roar,
\nDe tumult ragin’ on de shore?
\nDo you not see de poisonous bait
\nMan sets for man t’rough deadly hate?<\/p>\n

Come flee de envy an’ de strife,
\nBefore dey ruin our life:
\nCome to de hills; dey may be drear,
\nBut we can shun de evil here.<\/p>\n

De northers now are blowin’ chill,
\nDe fog hangs dismal on de hill,
\nAn’ sometimes fe long dreary days
\nDe sun is wrapt up in-a haze.<\/p>\n

De season rain is on te-day,
\nDe flowers all are fadin’ ‘way ;
\nBut dere’ll be sun upon de heights
\nAfter de gloomy Christmas nights.<\/p>\n

Soon shall we feel de heartening charm
\nOf country life, de sunshine warm;
\nAn’ see, wherever we may roam,
\nWild flowers burstin’ into bloom.<\/p>\n

We’ll hear de murmur o’ de rills,
\nWe’ll clearly see de verdant hills
\nWid here an’ dere de peasant’s field
\nSo lovely in its fruitful yield.<\/p>\n

De helpless playt’ing of a Will,
\nWe’ll spend our short days here; an’ still,
\nThough prisoners, feel somehow free
\nTo live our lives o’ misery.<\/p>\n

Dear comrade o’ de constab life,
\nI’ve gone an’ left you in de strife;
\nBut whether skies are dark or blue,
\nDis true true heart remembers you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":52,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-274","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\/274","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\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/274\/revisions\/511"}],"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\/274\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=274"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=274"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}