{"id":501,"date":"2010-05-28T02:39:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T02:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=501"},"modified":"2017-07-11T05:20:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T05:20:41","slug":"the-tempest-by-james-t-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/the-tempest-by-james-t-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tempest by James T. Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-502\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JamesTFields.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-502 lazyload\" title=\"JamesTFields\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JamesTFields-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JamesTFields-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JamesTFields.jpg 474w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 237px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 237\/300;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James T. Fields (1817-1881)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Tempest<\/h2>\n<p>We were crowded in the cabin,<br \/>\nNot a soul would dare to sleep,<br \/>\nIt was midnight on the waters,<br \/>\nAnd a storm was on the deep.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tis a fearful thing in winter<br \/>\nTo be shattered in the blast,<br \/>\nAnd to hear the rattling trumpet<br \/>\nThunder, &#8220;Cut away the mast!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So we shuddered there in silence,<br \/>\nFor the stoutest held his breath,<br \/>\nWhile the hungry sea was roaring,<br \/>\nAnd the breakers talked with Death.<\/p>\n<p>As thus we sat in darkness,<br \/>\nEach one busy in his prayers,<br \/>\n&#8220;We are lost!&#8221; the captain shouted,<br \/>\nAs he staggered down the stairs.<\/p>\n<p>But his little daughter whispered,<br \/>\nAs she took his icy hand,<br \/>\n&#8220;Is not God upon the ocean,<br \/>\nJust the same as on the land?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tempest We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep, It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. &#8216;Tis a fearful thing in winter To be shattered in the blast, And to hear the rattling trumpet Thunder, &#8220;Cut away the mast!&#8221; So we shuddered there&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,419],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1800s","category-death-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}