{"id":114,"date":"2021-04-01T10:37:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/flintandfeather\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=114"},"modified":"2022-02-04T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:30:49","slug":"close-by","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/chapter\/close-by\/","title":{"raw":"Close By","rendered":"Close By"},"content":{"raw":"So near at hand (our eyes o\u2019erlooked its nearness\r\nIn search of distant things)\r\nA dear dream lay\u2014perchance to grow in dearness\r\nHad we but felt its wings\r\nAstir. The air our very breathing fanned\r\nIt was so near at hand.\r\n\r\nOnce, many days ago, we almost held it,\r\nThe love we so desired;\r\nBut our shut eyes saw not, and fate dispelled it\r\nBefore our pulses fired\r\nTo flame, and errant fortune bade us stand\r\nHand almost touching hand.\r\n\r\nI sometimes think had we two been discerning,\r\nThe by-path hid away\r\nFrom others\u2019 eyes had then revealed its turning\r\nTo us, nor led astray\r\nOur footsteps, guiding us into love\u2019s land\r\nThat lay so near at hand.\r\n\r\nSo near at hand, dear heart, could we have known it!\r\nThroughout those dreamy hours,\r\nHad either loved, or loving had we shown it,\r\nResponse had sure been ours;\r\nWe did not know that heart could heart command,\r\nAnd love so near at hand!\r\n\r\nWhat then availed the red wine\u2019s subtle glisten?\r\nWe passed it blindly by,\r\nAnd now what profit that we wait and listen\r\nEach for the other\u2019s heart beat? Ah! the cry\r\nOf love o\u2019erlooked still lingers, you and I\r\nSought heaven afar, we did not understand\r\n\u2018Twas\u2014once so near at hand.","rendered":"<p>So near at hand (our eyes o\u2019erlooked its nearness<br \/>\nIn search of distant things)<br \/>\nA dear dream lay\u2014perchance to grow in dearness<br \/>\nHad we but felt its wings<br \/>\nAstir. The air our very breathing fanned<br \/>\nIt was so near at hand.<\/p>\n<p>Once, many days ago, we almost held it,<br \/>\nThe love we so desired;<br \/>\nBut our shut eyes saw not, and fate dispelled it<br \/>\nBefore our pulses fired<br \/>\nTo flame, and errant fortune bade us stand<br \/>\nHand almost touching hand.<\/p>\n<p>I sometimes think had we two been discerning,<br \/>\nThe by-path hid away<br \/>\nFrom others\u2019 eyes had then revealed its turning<br \/>\nTo us, nor led astray<br \/>\nOur footsteps, guiding us into love\u2019s land<br \/>\nThat lay so near at hand.<\/p>\n<p>So near at hand, dear heart, could we have known it!<br \/>\nThroughout those dreamy hours,<br \/>\nHad either loved, or loving had we shown it,<br \/>\nResponse had sure been ours;<br \/>\nWe did not know that heart could heart command,<br \/>\nAnd love so near at hand!<\/p>\n<p>What then availed the red wine\u2019s subtle glisten?<br \/>\nWe passed it blindly by,<br \/>\nAnd now what profit that we wait and listen<br \/>\nEach for the other\u2019s heart beat? Ah! the cry<br \/>\nOf love o\u2019erlooked still lingers, you and I<br \/>\nSought heaven afar, we did not understand<br \/>\n\u2018Twas\u2014once so near at hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":26,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-114","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114\/revisions\/115"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}