{"id":601,"date":"2016-09-28T15:03:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T15:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/?page_id=601"},"modified":"2016-09-28T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T15:03:58","slug":"sunderland-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/sunderland-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland Lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From <em>Poems on a Variety of Subjects, by Cuthbert Sharp<\/em> (Sunderland: The Author, 1828)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[pp.30-31]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Sunderland Lighthouse\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HAST thou ne\u2019er seen in some still night,<\/p>\n<p>The glowing light-house gleam?<\/p>\n<p>And hast thou seen that vivid light,<\/p>\n<p>Upon the billows stream?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or hast thou heard the wild waves roar,<\/p>\n<p>And winds howl o\u2019er the moor?<\/p>\n<p>Or hast thou trod on yonder shore,<\/p>\n<p>In lonely midnight hour?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dost thou not know, in darkest night,<\/p>\n<p>When storm-clouds dim the sky,<\/p>\n<p>That yonder shedding stream of light<\/p>\n<p>Is watch\u2019d by many an eye?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And dost thou know, when homeward bound,<\/p>\n<p>With hopes and prospects bright,<\/p>\n<p>The sea-boy, gazing all around,<\/p>\n<p>Looks for yon stream of light?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And when the billows foam, he\u2019ll oft<\/p>\n<p>Upon the topmast climb,<\/p>\n<p>And shouting from his seat aloft \u2013<\/p>\n<p>I see the lighthouse shine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The seamen then elate with joy,<\/p>\n<p>At such a welcome sight,<\/p>\n<p>Cry out, halloo! come down my boy,<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be at home to night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Till safe across yon rising bar,<\/p>\n<p>Their hearts glow with delight;<\/p>\n<p>They gaze on objects which by far<\/p>\n<p>Surpass yon stream of light.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Poems on a Variety of Subjects, by Cuthbert Sharp (Sunderland: The Author, 1828) [pp.30-31] \u2018Sunderland Lighthouse\u2019 \u00a0 HAST thou ne\u2019er seen in some still night, The glowing light-house gleam? And hast thou seen that vivid light, Upon the billows stream? &nbsp; Or hast thou heard the wild waves roar, And winds howl o\u2019er the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-601","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/601\/revisions\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}