{"id":344,"date":"2021-06-18T10:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T14:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=344"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:19:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:19:05","slug":"exhortation-summer-1919","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/exhortation-summer-1919\/","title":{"raw":"Exhortation: Summer 1919","rendered":"Exhortation: Summer 1919"},"content":{"raw":"Through the pregnant universe rumbles life\u2019s\r\nterrific thunder,\r\nAnd Earth\u2019s bowels quake with terror; strange\r\nand terrible storms break,\r\nLightning-torches flame the heavens, kindling\r\nsouls of me, thereunder:\r\nAfrica! Long ages sleeping, O my motherland,\r\nawake!\r\n\r\nIn the East the clouds glow crimson with the new\r\ndawn that is breaking,\r\nAnd its golden glory fills the western skies.\r\nO my brothers and my sisters, wake! Arise!\r\nFor the new birth rends the old earth and the\r\nvery dead are waking,\r\nGhosts are turned flesh, throwing off the grave\u2019s\r\ndisguise,\r\nAnd the foolish, even children, are made wise;\r\nFor the big earth groans in travail for the strong,\r\nnew world in making\u2500\r\nO my brothers, dreaming for dim centuries,\r\nWake from sleeping; to the East turn, turn\r\nyour eyes!\r\n\r\nOh the night is sweet for sleeping, but the shining\r\nday\u2019s for working;\r\nSons of the seductive night, for your children\u2019s\r\nchildren\u2019s sake,\r\nFrom the deep primeval forests where the crouching\r\nleopard\u2019s lurking\r\nLift your heavy-lidded eyes, Ethiopia! Awake!\r\n\r\nIn the East the clouds glow crimson with the new\r\ndawn that is breaking,\r\nAnd its golden glory fills the western skies.\r\nO my brothers and my sisters, wake! Arise!\r\nFor the new birth rends the old earth and the\r\nvery dead are waking,\r\nGhosts are turned flesh, throwing off the grave\u2019s disguise,\r\nAnd the foolish, even children, are made wise;\r\nFor the big earth groans in travail for the strong,\r\nnew world in making\u2500\r\nO my brothers, dreaming for long centuries,\r\nWake from sleeping; to the East turn, turn\r\nyour eyes!","rendered":"

Through the pregnant universe rumbles life\u2019s
\nterrific thunder,
\nAnd Earth\u2019s bowels quake with terror; strange
\nand terrible storms break,
\nLightning-torches flame the heavens, kindling
\nsouls of me, thereunder:
\nAfrica! Long ages sleeping, O my motherland,
\nawake!<\/p>\n

In the East the clouds glow crimson with the new
\ndawn that is breaking,
\nAnd its golden glory fills the western skies.
\nO my brothers and my sisters, wake! Arise!
\nFor the new birth rends the old earth and the
\nvery dead are waking,
\nGhosts are turned flesh, throwing off the grave\u2019s
\ndisguise,
\nAnd the foolish, even children, are made wise;
\nFor the big earth groans in travail for the strong,
\nnew world in making\u2500
\nO my brothers, dreaming for dim centuries,
\nWake from sleeping; to the East turn, turn
\nyour eyes!<\/p>\n

Oh the night is sweet for sleeping, but the shining
\nday\u2019s for working;
\nSons of the seductive night, for your children\u2019s
\nchildren\u2019s sake,
\nFrom the deep primeval forests where the crouching
\nleopard\u2019s lurking
\nLift your heavy-lidded eyes, Ethiopia! Awake!<\/p>\n

In the East the clouds glow crimson with the new
\ndawn that is breaking,
\nAnd its golden glory fills the western skies.
\nO my brothers and my sisters, wake! Arise!
\nFor the new birth rends the old earth and the
\nvery dead are waking,
\nGhosts are turned flesh, throwing off the grave\u2019s disguise,
\nAnd the foolish, even children, are made wise;
\nFor the big earth groans in travail for the strong,
\nnew world in making\u2500
\nO my brothers, dreaming for long centuries,
\nWake from sleeping; to the East turn, turn
\nyour eyes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":31,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-344","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\/344","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\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/344\/revisions\/345"}],"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\/344\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}