{"id":108,"date":"2015-03-17T18:52:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T23:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=108"},"modified":"2015-03-17T18:52:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T23:52:58","slug":"doggerel-1-the-handsome-maid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2015\/03\/17\/doggerel-1-the-handsome-maid\/","title":{"rendered":"Doggerel 1- The Handsome Maid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><strong>The Handsome Maid<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0.<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>There once was a maid so exciting<\/h6>\n<h6>that all of the boys fell to fighting<\/h6>\n<h6>to see who would be<\/h6>\n<h6>the one she\u2019d chance to see<\/h6>\n<h6>when she gazed out her door in her nightie.<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (which she did every night.)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0.<\/h6>\n<h6>The fetching young maid, fair and buxom,<\/h6>\n<h6>went to her back door, as was custom,<\/h6>\n<h6>to gather a basket<\/h6>\n<h6>of produce, a task that<\/h6>\n<h6>had been hers since she was a young\u2019un.<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(not having a younger sibling to fob the task off on.)<\/h6>\n<h6>.<\/h6>\n<h6>As soon as she stepped out she spied him\u2014<\/h6>\n<h6>a lad fair and trim, and beside him,<\/h6>\n<h6>his lovely twin sister<\/h6>\n<h6>who\u2019d come with him unasked for<\/h6>\n<h6>because she thought she\u2019d better guide him.<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(he being a bit simple-minded, you see.)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0.<\/h6>\n<h6>The handsome young maid said politely<\/h6>\n<h6>\u201cIs it you who\u2019s been visiting nightly?<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019ve ne\u2019er seen another<\/h6>\n<h6>so fair; be my lover,<\/h6>\n<h6>and together forever we might be.\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(kinda fast, but that\u2019s the way it is in ballads.)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0.<\/h6>\n<h6>So she took the hand of the twin sister<\/h6>\n<h6>and deeply and tenderly kissed her.<\/h6>\n<h6>They lived happy together<\/h6>\n<h6>for ever and ever<\/h6>\n<h6>and all of the boys sorely missed her.<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(a nice twist, don\u2019t you think?)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0 .<\/h6>\n<h6>&#8212; D.J. White<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Handsome Maid \u00a0. There once was a maid so exciting that all of the boys fell to fighting to see who would be the one she\u2019d chance to see when she gazed out her door in her nightie. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (which she did every night.) \u00a0. The fetching young maid, \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2015\/03\/17\/doggerel-1-the-handsome-maid\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}