{"id":814,"date":"2015-04-01T11:56:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T15:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/?page_id=814"},"modified":"2015-05-13T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T19:56:08","slug":"acanthus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/additional-information\/background\/acanthus\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>The Life of Man from the Cradle to the Grave<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam the first came on the stage<br \/>\nAnd Eve out of his side<br \/>\nWas given to him in marriage<br \/>\nLift up and see his Bride<\/p>\n<p>Eve in full shape you may behold<br \/>\nOne body serveth twain.<br \/>\nDo but the leaf once more unfold<br \/>\nTis very strange again.<\/p>\n<p>You may look on the Mermaids face<br \/>\nBut cannot learn her song.<br \/>\nShe has such an alluring grace<br \/>\nAs she goes swift along.<\/p>\n<p>A Lion roaring from his den<br \/>\nOn purpose for to range<br \/>\nIs&nbsp;<abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Shaped in part by a lathe and characterized by swells, hollows and rings. Both decorative and functional objects could feature turned components.'>turned<\/abbr> to another shape<br \/>\nLift up the leaf and see<\/p>\n<p>A different shape you may behold<br \/>\nHalf Bird half Beas is he<br \/>\nIf you the leaf once more unfold<br \/>\nA strainger sight you\u2019ll see<\/p>\n<p>See here within the Eagles claws<br \/>\nA little child does lie<br \/>\nThat he has taken for a prey<br \/>\nAll ready for to fly<\/p>\n<p>I heve escaped the eagles claws<br \/>\nAnd am from danger free<br \/>\nI\u2019ll set my heart to gather gold<br \/>\nTurn down the leaf and see<\/p>\n<p>Here is Gold and Silver store<br \/>\nThat cured my heart its sick no more<br \/>\nI\u2019ll go to Sea in hopes to gain<br \/>\nAll earthly pleasuse to maintain<\/p>\n<p>Here is a Heart oppress\u2019d with care<br \/>\nO what can cure the same<br \/>\nUnder the leaf there is a cure<br \/>\nLift up its very plain.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Gold and Silver store<br \/>\nComes from the riches of the Sea<br \/>\nWhat is now, I can want more<br \/>\nTurn down the leaf and there you\u2019ll see<\/p>\n<p>Poor Man see now thou art but dust<br \/>\nThy Gold and Silver is but rust<br \/>\nThy time come the Glass is spent<br \/>\nNot all the world can Death prevent.<\/p>\n<p>Sickness comes on and Death draws nigh<br \/>\nHelp Gold and Silver e\u2019re I die<br \/>\nAll is in vain tis all but dross<br \/>\nLift up and see thy end at last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam the first came on the stage And Eve out of his side Was given to him in marriage Lift up and see his Bride Eve in full shape you may behold One body serveth twain. Do but the leaf once more unfold Tis very strange again. You may look on the Mermaids face But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"parent":81,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page_mod.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions\/1074"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/harbinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}