{"id":666,"date":"2013-12-15T16:47:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T16:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=666"},"modified":"2013-12-15T16:47:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T16:47:48","slug":"the-wife-of-candaules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/15\/the-wife-of-candaules\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wife Of Candaules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The passion I have for my beloved<br \/>\nI am urged to share<br \/>\nA feast not just for their ears, but their eyes.<\/p>\n<p><i>He coverts me greatly<br \/>\nAnd requests I share my nakedness<br \/>\nWith the common<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Hide thee in the bedchamber<br \/>\nAnd you shall spy<br \/>\nThy queen unclothed.<\/p>\n<p><i>I know his ploy<br \/>\nBut I will play his game<br \/>\nThou shall see me as Gods do. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>She lays in my arms<br \/>\nUnaware that her beauty has been shared<br \/>\nThe eyes have been satisfied, but her touch is mine .<\/p>\n<p><i>Oh wretched one you possess me in your thoughts<br \/>\nYou have but one choice<br \/>\nOr I shall punish you for your invasion. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>They think I know the game not twice<br \/>\nAs she lays in my grip<br \/>\nFor I do not sleep and see the dagger hidden.<\/p>\n<p>You will always forgive beauty<br \/>\nEven one as treacherous as I possess<br \/>\nAll men will see her now, asleep in my arms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The passion I have for my beloved I am urged to share A feast not just for their ears, but their eyes. He coverts me greatly And requests I share my nakedness With the common. Hide thee in the bedchamber And you shall spy Thy queen unclothed. I know his ploy But I will play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}