{"id":299,"date":"2021-06-18T09:39:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=299"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:12:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:12:28","slug":"reminiscences","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/reminiscences\/","title":{"raw":"Reminiscences","rendered":"Reminiscences"},"content":{"raw":"When the day is at its dimmest\r\nAnd the air is wild with snow,\r\nAnd the city s at its grimmest In mine eyes there is a glow. . . .\r\nWhen the day is at its brightest\r\nAnd the city is a dream,\r\nAnd my heart is at its lightest,\r\nIn mine eyes there is a gleam;\r\nFor I'm thinking, O I'm thinking,\r\nOf an old worn sugar-mill\r\nWhere the southern sun is sinking\r\nGold and crimson o'er the hill;\r\nAnd I hear the toilers talking\r\nAs they shoulder pick and hoe,\r\nAnd I watch their steady walking\r\nTo the quiet plain below.\r\nO! I see the white stream dashing\r\nGay and reckless through the brake,\r\nO'er the root-entwined rocks washing\r\nSwiftly, madly to the lake;\r\nO! I hear the waters falling,\r\nFlowing, falling, flowing free,\r\nAnd the sound of voices calling\r\nO'er the billows of the sea.","rendered":"<p>When the day is at its dimmest<br \/>\nAnd the air is wild with snow,<br \/>\nAnd the city s at its grimmest In mine eyes there is a glow. . . .<br \/>\nWhen the day is at its brightest<br \/>\nAnd the city is a dream,<br \/>\nAnd my heart is at its lightest,<br \/>\nIn mine eyes there is a gleam;<br \/>\nFor I&#8217;m thinking, O I&#8217;m thinking,<br \/>\nOf an old worn sugar-mill<br \/>\nWhere the southern sun is sinking<br \/>\nGold and crimson o&#8217;er the hill;<br \/>\nAnd I hear the toilers talking<br \/>\nAs they shoulder pick and hoe,<br \/>\nAnd I watch their steady walking<br \/>\nTo the quiet plain below.<br \/>\nO! I see the white stream dashing<br \/>\nGay and reckless through the brake,<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the root-entwined rocks washing<br \/>\nSwiftly, madly to the lake;<br \/>\nO! I hear the waters falling,<br \/>\nFlowing, falling, flowing free,<br \/>\nAnd the sound of voices calling<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the billows of the sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":9,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-299","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":279,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/299","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/299\/revisions\/300"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/279"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/299\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}