{"id":289,"date":"2022-01-08T00:45:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T00:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/?page_id=289"},"modified":"2022-01-08T00:59:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T00:59:08","slug":"george-gray","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/spoon-river-anthology\/george-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"George Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have studied many times<br \/>\nThe marble which was chiseled for me\u2014<br \/>\nA boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.<br \/>\nIn truth it pictures not my destination<br \/>\nBut my life.<br \/>\nFor love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;<br \/>\nSorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;<br \/>\nAmbition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.<br \/>\nYet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.<br \/>\nAnd now I know that we must lift the sail<br \/>\nAnd catch the winds of destiny<br \/>\nWherever they drive the boat.<br \/>\nTo put meaning in one\u2019s life may end in madness,<br \/>\nBut life without meaning is the torture<br \/>\nOf restlessness and vague desire\u2014<br \/>\nIt is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/spoon-river-anthology\/herbert-marshall\/\">Previous: Herbert Marshall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/hon-henry-bennett\/\">Next: Hon. Henry Bennett<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have studied many times The marble which was chiseled for me\u2014 A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor. In truth it pictures not my destination But my life. For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment; Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid; Ambition called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":68,"menu_order":64,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions\/351"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvdpoetry.com\/spoonriveranthology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}