{"id":2965,"date":"2016-03-04T11:48:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T19:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/?p=2965"},"modified":"2016-03-04T11:48:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T19:48:47","slug":"todays-poem-aspecta-medusa-for-a-drawing-by-dante-gabriel-rossetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/?p=2965","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Poem: Aspecta Medusa (for a Drawing), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"poem-top\" class=\"tab-content active\">\n<p>Rossetti wrote this poem based on his drawing of Medusa:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Aspecta-Medua-Rossetti.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2966\" src=\"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Aspecta-Medua-Rossetti-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aspecta Medua - Rossetti\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Aspecta-Medua-Rossetti-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Aspecta-Medua-Rossetti.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aspecta Medusa (for a Drawing)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andromeda, by Perseus sav&#8217;d and wed,<\/p>\n<div id=\"poem\" class=\"tab-content active\">\n<div class=\"poem\">\n<p>Hanker&#8217;d each day to see the Gorgon&#8217;s head:<\/p>\n<p>Till o&#8217;er a fount he held it, bade her lean,<\/p>\n<p>And mirror&#8217;d in the wave was safely seen<\/p>\n<p>That death she liv&#8217;d by.<\/p>\n<p>Let not thine eyes know<\/p>\n<p>Any forbidden thing itself, although<\/p>\n<p>It once should save as well as kill: but be<\/p>\n<p>Its shadow upon life enough for thee.<\/p>\n<p>~Dante Gabriel Rossetti<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rossetti wrote this poem based on his drawing of Medusa: Aspecta Medusa (for a Drawing) Andromeda, by Perseus sav&#8217;d and wed, Hanker&#8217;d each day to see the Gorgon&#8217;s head: Till o&#8217;er a fount he held it, bade her lean, And mirror&#8217;d in the wave was safely seen That death she liv&#8217;d by. Let not thine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[375],"tags":[388],"class_list":["post-2965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-for-hela","tag-medusa-dante-gabriel-rossetti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2968,"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarotpathways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}