{"id":63,"date":"2021-06-15T09:33:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=63"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:46:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:46:39","slug":"the-hermit","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/the-hermit\/","title":{"raw":"The Hermit","rendered":"The Hermit"},"content":{"raw":"FAR in de country let me hide myself\r\nFrom life's sad pleasures an' de greed of pelf,\r\nDwellin' wid Nature primitive an' rude,\r\nLivin' a peaceful life of solitude.\r\n\r\nDere by de woodland let me build my home\r\nWhere tropic roses[footnote]In Jamaica any showy or sweet flower is called a rose[\/footnote] ever are in bloom,\r\nAn' t'rough de wild cane[footnote]Armsdo Doltax[\/footnote] growin' thick and tall\r\nRushes in gleeful mood de waterfall.\r\n\r\nRoof strong enough to keep out season rain,[footnote]The heavy rains of May and October are called 'season rains'[\/footnote]\r\nUnder whose eaves loved swallows will be fain\r\nTo build deir nests, an' deir young birdlings rear\r\nWidouten have de least lee t'ought of fear.[footnote]Without having the smallest (least little) thought of fear[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nAn' in my study I shall view de wul',\r\nAn' learn of all its doin's to de full;\r\nList to de woodland creatures' music sweet\u2014\r\nSad, yet contented in my lone retreat.","rendered":"<p>FAR in de country let me hide myself<br \/>\nFrom life&#8217;s sad pleasures an&#8217; de greed of pelf,<br \/>\nDwellin&#8217; wid Nature primitive an&#8217; rude,<br \/>\nLivin&#8217; a peaceful life of solitude.<\/p>\n<p>Dere by de woodland let me build my home<br \/>\nWhere tropic roses<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"In Jamaica any showy or sweet flower is called a rose\" id=\"return-footnote-63-1\" href=\"#footnote-63-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> ever are in bloom,<br \/>\nAn&#8217; t&#8217;rough de wild cane<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Armsdo Doltax\" id=\"return-footnote-63-2\" href=\"#footnote-63-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a> growin&#8217; thick and tall<br \/>\nRushes in gleeful mood de waterfall.<\/p>\n<p>Roof strong enough to keep out season rain,<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"The heavy rains of May and October are called 'season rains'\" id=\"return-footnote-63-3\" href=\"#footnote-63-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nUnder whose eaves loved swallows will be fain<br \/>\nTo build deir nests, an&#8217; deir young birdlings rear<br \/>\nWidouten have de least lee t&#8217;ought of fear.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Without having the smallest (least little) thought of fear\" id=\"return-footnote-63-4\" href=\"#footnote-63-4\" aria-label=\"Footnote 4\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An&#8217; in my study I shall view de wul&#8217;,<br \/>\nAn&#8217; learn of all its doin&#8217;s to de full;<br \/>\nList to de woodland creatures&#8217; music sweet\u2014<br \/>\nSad, yet contented in my lone retreat.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-63-1\">In Jamaica any showy or sweet flower is called a rose <a href=\"#return-footnote-63-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-63-2\">Armsdo Doltax <a href=\"#return-footnote-63-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-63-3\">The heavy rains of May and October are called 'season rains' <a href=\"#return-footnote-63-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-63-4\">Without having the smallest (least little) thought of fear <a href=\"#return-footnote-63-4\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 4\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":13,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-63","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/63","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\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/63\/revisions\/64"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/63\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}