{"id":934,"date":"2011-04-08T01:32:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T01:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=934"},"modified":"2011-04-08T01:34:25","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T01:34:25","slug":"the-figure-head-by-herman-melville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/the-figure-head-by-herman-melville\/","title":{"rendered":"The Figure-Head by Herman Melville"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/HermanMelville.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-851 lazyload\" title=\"HermanMelville\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/HermanMelville-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/HermanMelville-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/HermanMelville.jpg 259w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Figure-Head<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Herman Melville<\/p>\n<p>The Charles-and-Emma seaward sped,<br \/>\n(Named from the carven pair at prow,)<br \/>\nHe so smart, and a curly head,<br \/>\nShe tricked forth as a bride knows how:<br \/>\nPretty stem for the port, I trow!<\/p>\n<p>But iron-rust and alum-spray<br \/>\nAnd chafing gear, and sun and dew<br \/>\nVexed this lad and lassie gay,<br \/>\nTears in their eyes, salt tears nor few;<br \/>\nAnd the hug relaxed with the failing glue.<\/p>\n<p>But came in end a dismal night,<br \/>\nWith creaking beams and ribs that groan,<br \/>\nA black lee-shore and waters white:<br \/>\nDropped on the reef, the pair lie prone:<br \/>\nO, the breakers dance, but the winds they<br \/>\nmoan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Figure-Head by Herman Melville The Charles-and-Emma seaward sped, (Named from the carven pair at prow,) He so smart, and a curly head, She tricked forth as a bride knows how: Pretty stem for the port, I trow! But iron-rust and alum-spray And chafing gear, and sun and dew Vexed this lad and lassie gay,&#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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1800s"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","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=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}