{"id":26418,"date":"1979-04-10T15:55:40","date_gmt":"1979-04-10T14:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=26418"},"modified":"2013-06-14T14:33:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T13:33:36","slug":"louise-stuart-if-i-cannot-see-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=26418","title":{"rendered":"Louise Stuart &#8211; If I cannot see (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;\">IF I CANNOT SEE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I may never see again<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of a woodland glen,<\/p>\n<p>The azure blue of summer skies,<\/p>\n<p>The softness of my Mother\u2019s eyes,<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of a swallow\u2019s wing,<\/p>\n<p>The wonder of the days of Spring,<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine on a sparkling sea,<\/p>\n<p>The blossoms on an almond tree,<\/p>\n<p>Blazing poppies in a field of corn \u2013<\/p>\n<p>The dewy softness of an April morn.<\/p>\n<p>If I cannot see<\/p>\n<p>What pleasure will be left for me?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The scent of lilac after rain,<\/p>\n<p>Sounds of music which I love \u2013<\/p>\n<p>The gentle cooing of a dove,<\/p>\n<p>Soft breeze of summer on my face,<\/p>\n<p>The feel of velvet \u2013 touch of lace,<\/p>\n<p>The laughter of a child at play,<\/p>\n<p>The pungent smell of new-mown hay,<\/p>\n<p>The firmness of your hand in mine<\/p>\n<p>When my steps falter,<\/p>\n<p>The strength to live with cheerful grace,<\/p>\n<p>Although I cannot see your face,<\/p>\n<p>These pleasures will be left for me,<\/p>\n<p>If I cannot see.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Louise Stuart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IF I CANNOT SEE &nbsp; I may never see again The beauty of a woodland glen, The azure blue of summer skies, The softness of my Mother\u2019s eyes, The beauty of a swallow\u2019s wing, The wonder of the days of Spring, Sunshine&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=26418\">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\/26418"}],"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=26418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26572,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26418\/revisions\/26572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}