{"id":26411,"date":"1979-04-10T15:52:08","date_gmt":"1979-04-10T14:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=26411"},"modified":"2013-06-14T14:34:29","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T13:34:29","slug":"elizabeth-preston-contemplation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=26411","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Preston &#8211; Contemplation (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[From &#8216;<a title=\"Bohemian Bagatelle (1979)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=26383\">Bohemian Bagatelle<\/a>&#8216;, published 1979 by the Bohemians]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CONTEMPLATION<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If I should die before this day is done,<\/p>\n<p>Before once more, the rising of the sun,<\/p>\n<p>If I should sleep, and from this life depart,<\/p>\n<p>Is everything at peace within my heart?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Would I, on going from here, leave behind<\/p>\n<p>One person with some malice in his mind,<\/p>\n<p>One person who, in some way, I have grieved,<\/p>\n<p>With whom I should make peace before I leave?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is there a duty I have left undone \u2013<\/p>\n<p>A task neglected when the race I\u2019ve run,<\/p>\n<p>Something I should have done for God or man,<\/p>\n<p>Important in the working of His plan?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Lord, forgive me when I come to You \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Remember, please, what good I\u2019ve tried to do,<\/p>\n<p>The way I\u2019ve struggled oft to do Thy will,<\/p>\n<p>And tried so hard Thy purpose to fulfil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I ask Thy pardon for the things undone,<\/p>\n<p>I ask it in the name of Thy dear Son,<\/p>\n<p>And in Thy Kingdom seek the lowest place,<\/p>\n<p>So long as I can claim Thy gift of Grace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Preston<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONTEMPLATION \u00a0 If I should die before this day is done, Before once more, the rising of the sun, If I should sleep, and from this life depart, Is everything at peace within my heart? &nbsp; Would I, on going from here,&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=26411\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[248,109,111],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26411"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26411"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26574,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26411\/revisions\/26574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}