{"id":2108,"date":"2016-11-30T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:30","slug":"last-day-of-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/11\/30\/last-day-of-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Last day of November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, 4th day of Advent, last day of November<\/p>\n<p>This delicate and demanding Hopkins poem is beautiful. \u00a0 I\u2019m crazy busy today but a GMH can stand by itself and bless anybody.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to December,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>john st sj<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems-and-poets\/poems\/detail\/44400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit\">Spring and Fall<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit\">BY\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems-and-poets\/poets\/detail\/gerard-manley-hopkins\">GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2108-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2016\/11\/Spring-and-Fall.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2016\/11\/Spring-and-Fall.mp3\">https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2016\/11\/Spring-and-Fall.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em>to a young child<\/em><\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1rgar\u00e9t, \u00e1re you gr\u00edeving<br \/>\nOver Goldengrove unleaving?<br \/>\nLe\u00e1ves like the things of man, you<br \/>\nWith your fresh thoughts care for, can you?<br \/>\nAh! \u00e1s the heart grows older<br \/>\nIt will come to such sights colder<br \/>\nBy and by, nor spare a sigh<br \/>\nThough worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;<br \/>\nAnd yet you w\u00edll weep and know why.<br \/>\nNow no matter, child, the name:<br \/>\nS\u00f3rrow\u2019s spr\u00edngs \u00e1re the same.<br \/>\nNor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed<br \/>\nWhat heart heard of, ghost guessed:<br \/>\nIt \u00eds the blight man was born for,<br \/>\nIt is Margaret you mourn for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, 4th day of Advent, last day of November This delicate and demanding Hopkins poem is beautiful. \u00a0 I\u2019m crazy busy today but a GMH can stand by itself and bless anybody. Welcome to December, &nbsp; john st sj &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/11\/30\/last-day-of-november\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11641],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2110,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions\/2110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}