{"id":406,"date":"2021-06-21T10:33:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=406"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:24:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:24:20","slug":"my-mother","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/my-mother\/","title":{"raw":"My Mother","rendered":"My Mother"},"content":{"raw":"I\r\n\r\nReg wished me to go with him to the field,\r\nI paused because I did not want to go;\r\nBut in her quiet way she made me yield\r\nReluctantly, for she was breathing low.\r\nHer hand she slowly lifted from her lap\r\nAnd, smiling sadly in the old sweet way,\r\nShe pointed to the nail where hung my cap.\r\nHer eyes said: I shall last another day.\r\nBut scarcely had we reached the distant play,\r\nWhen o\u2019er the hills we heard a faint bell ringing;\r\nA boy came running up with frightened face;\r\nWe knew the fatal news that he was bringing.\r\nI heard him listlessly, without a moan,\r\nAlthough the only one I loved was gone.\r\n\r\nII\r\n\r\nThe dawn departs, the morning is begun,\r\nThe trades come whispering from off the seas,\r\nThe fields of corn are golden in the sun,\r\nThe dark-brown tassels fluttering in the breeze;\r\nThe bell is sounding and the children pass,\r\nFrog-leaping, skipping, shouting, laughing shrill,\r\nDown the red road, over the pasture-grass,\r\nUp to the school-house crumbling on the hill.\r\nThe older folk are at their peaceful toil,\r\nSome pulling up the weeds, some plucking corn,\r\nAnd others breaking up the sun-baked soil.\r\nFloat, faintly-scented breeze, at early morn\r\nOver the earth where mortals sow and reap\u2500\r\nBeneath its breast my mother lies asleep.","rendered":"

I<\/p>\n

Reg wished me to go with him to the field,
\nI paused because I did not want to go;
\nBut in her quiet way she made me yield
\nReluctantly, for she was breathing low.
\nHer hand she slowly lifted from her lap
\nAnd, smiling sadly in the old sweet way,
\nShe pointed to the nail where hung my cap.
\nHer eyes said: I shall last another day.
\nBut scarcely had we reached the distant play,
\nWhen o\u2019er the hills we heard a faint bell ringing;
\nA boy came running up with frightened face;
\nWe knew the fatal news that he was bringing.
\nI heard him listlessly, without a moan,
\nAlthough the only one I loved was gone.<\/p>\n

II<\/p>\n

The dawn departs, the morning is begun,
\nThe trades come whispering from off the seas,
\nThe fields of corn are golden in the sun,
\nThe dark-brown tassels fluttering in the breeze;
\nThe bell is sounding and the children pass,
\nFrog-leaping, skipping, shouting, laughing shrill,
\nDown the red road, over the pasture-grass,
\nUp to the school-house crumbling on the hill.
\nThe older folk are at their peaceful toil,
\nSome pulling up the weeds, some plucking corn,
\nAnd others breaking up the sun-baked soil.
\nFloat, faintly-scented breeze, at early morn
\nOver the earth where mortals sow and reap\u2500
\nBeneath its breast my mother lies asleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":23,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-406","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":346,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/406","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\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/406\/revisions\/407"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/346"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/406\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}