{"id":37,"date":"2021-06-16T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T18:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=37"},"modified":"2022-02-01T11:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:24:34","slug":"the-dying-queen","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/chapter\/the-dying-queen\/","title":{"raw":"The Dying Queen","rendered":"The Dying Queen"},"content":{"raw":"\"I would meet death awake.\"\r\n\r\nThe strength that bore her on for years\r\nWas ebbing fast away,\r\nAnd o'er the pale and life-worn face,\r\nDeath's solemn shadows lay.\r\n\r\nWith tender love and gentle care,\r\nFriends gathered round her bed,\r\nAnd for her sake each footfall hushed\r\nThe echoes of its tread.\r\n\r\nThey knew the restlessness of death\r\nThrough every nerve did creep,\r\nAnd carefully they tried to lull\r\nThe dying Queen to sleep.\r\n\r\nIn vain she felt Death's icy hand\r\nHer failing heart-strings shake;\r\nAnd, rousing up, she firmly said,\r\n\"I'd meet my God awake.\"\r\n\r\nAwake, I've met the battle's shock,\r\nAnd born the cares of state;\r\nNor shall I take your lethean cup,\r\nAnd slumber at death's gate.\r\n\r\nDid I not watch with eyes alert,\r\nThe path where foes did tend;\r\nAnd shall I veil my eyes with sleep,\r\nTo meet my God and friend?\r\n\r\nNay, rather from my weary lids,\r\nThis heavy slumber shake,\r\nThat I may pass the mystic vale,\r\nAnd meet my God awake.","rendered":"<p>&#8220;I would meet death awake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The strength that bore her on for years<br \/>\nWas ebbing fast away,<br \/>\nAnd o&#8217;er the pale and life-worn face,<br \/>\nDeath&#8217;s solemn shadows lay.<\/p>\n<p>With tender love and gentle care,<br \/>\nFriends gathered round her bed,<br \/>\nAnd for her sake each footfall hushed<br \/>\nThe echoes of its tread.<\/p>\n<p>They knew the restlessness of death<br \/>\nThrough every nerve did creep,<br \/>\nAnd carefully they tried to lull<br \/>\nThe dying Queen to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>In vain she felt Death&#8217;s icy hand<br \/>\nHer failing heart-strings shake;<br \/>\nAnd, rousing up, she firmly said,<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;d meet my God awake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Awake, I&#8217;ve met the battle&#8217;s shock,<br \/>\nAnd born the cares of state;<br \/>\nNor shall I take your lethean cup,<br \/>\nAnd slumber at death&#8217;s gate.<\/p>\n<p>Did I not watch with eyes alert,<br \/>\nThe path where foes did tend;<br \/>\nAnd shall I veil my eyes with sleep,<br \/>\nTo meet my God and friend?<\/p>\n<p>Nay, rather from my weary lids,<br \/>\nThis heavy slumber shake,<br \/>\nThat I may pass the mystic vale,<br \/>\nAnd meet my God awake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-37","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/37\/revisions\/92"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/37\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}