{"id":771,"date":"2016-10-18T12:39:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T12:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/?page_id=771"},"modified":"2016-10-18T12:39:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T12:39:54","slug":"the-departed-pilgrim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/the-departed-pilgrim\/","title":{"rendered":"The Departed Pilgrim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sir Cuthbert Sharp, \u2018The Departed Pilgrim\u2019 from <em>Poems on a Variety of Subjects <\/em>(Sunderland: The Author, 1828), pp.10-11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rest, O weary traveller, rest<\/p>\n<p>Thy tiresome age-worn limbs;<\/p>\n<p>Thou\u2019st battled with the wild contest<\/p>\n<p>Of world and worldly things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thy spirit now soars far away<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the lucid skies;<\/p>\n<p>Methinks I hear thy Saviour say,<\/p>\n<p>Well done, thou\u2019st won the prize.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bright angels hail thee welcome home,<\/p>\n<p>And place thee by their side;<\/p>\n<p>Close to thy Father\u2019s dazzling throne,<\/p>\n<p>For ever to abide!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There joy unalter\u2019d ever reigns,\u2014<\/p>\n<p>There pleasure never dies;<\/p>\n<p>Ambrosial seats and flow\u2019ry plains<\/p>\n<p>Attract thy wond\u2019ring eyes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, sire, thy trials all are past,<\/p>\n<p>The voyage of life is o\u2019er;<\/p>\n<p>And thou hast reach\u2019d the port at last<\/p>\n<p>Of heav\u2019n\u2019s delightful shore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Cuthbert Sharp, \u2018The Departed Pilgrim\u2019 from Poems on a Variety of Subjects (Sunderland: The Author, 1828), pp.10-11. &nbsp; Rest, O weary traveller, rest Thy tiresome age-worn limbs; Thou\u2019st battled with the wild contest Of world and worldly things. &nbsp; Thy spirit now soars far away Beyond the lucid skies; Methinks I hear thy Saviour [&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-771","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/771","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=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":773,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/771\/revisions\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}