{"id":443,"date":"2021-05-01T07:43:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T07:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/?p=443"},"modified":"2021-05-01T07:43:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T07:43:21","slug":"on-the-first-of-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"On the First of May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Away to field and forest all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To damp your hem in dew,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come hear the merry Beltane call<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And join its ballyhoo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The night was spent in revelry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of Heiros Gamos\u2019 scene;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To nascent earth\u2019s fertility,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown King of May, and Queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Handfast yourselves, you joyful folx,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And bring a hawthorn bough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The love you\u2019ll share forever stokes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The love you\u2019re feeling now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go find the relic Eildon tree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With faeries gathered round,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And speak to Elfland majesty;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In thorn your tryst is bound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight you shall be celebrant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To transitory spring,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Goodly Fire\u2019s element,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beneath the maypole, sing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From sunset last unto sunset<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Greenwood\u2019s ancien light,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make memories you\u2019ll not forget,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And keep the Beltane bright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.mutualart.com\/Images\/2018_10\/06\/15\/150257842\/212b8bdf-fcd7-428a-a40b-7fc6d4d4d901.Jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Away to field and forest all To damp your hem in dew, Come hear the merry Beltane call And join its ballyhoo! The night was spent in revelry Of Heiros Gamos\u2019 scene; To nascent earth\u2019s fertility, Crown King of May, and Queen. Handfast yourselves, you joyful folx, And bring a hawthorn bough. The love you\u2019ll<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/?p=443\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montyake.pirat.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}