{"id":5027,"date":"2024-05-22T15:50:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T19:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5027"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:56:31","slug":"the-best-beloved","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/product\/the-best-beloved\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best-Beloved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Best-Beloved (Ayres)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a7A6mBre7aE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"innerContentContainer\">[dflip id=\"5030\" type=\"thumb\" ]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best-Beloved<\/strong><br \/>\nFrancis Quarles (1635)<br \/>\n[the words in brackets are not set in this song]<\/p>\n<p>E&#8217;en like two little bank-dividing brooks,<br \/>\nThat wash the pebbles with their wanton streams,<br \/>\nAnd having ranged and searched a thousand nooks,<br \/>\nMeet both at length in silver-breasted Thames,<br \/>\nWhere in a greater current they conjoin:<br \/>\nSo I my best-beloved&#8217;s am; so he is mine.<\/p>\n<p>E&#8217;en so we met; and after long pursuit,<br \/>\nE&#8217;en so we joined, we both became entire;<br \/>\nNo need for either to renew a suit,<br \/>\nFor I was flax, and he was flames of fire<br \/>\nOur firm-united souls did more than twine;<br \/>\nSo I my best-beloved&#8217;s am; so he is mine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Nor time, nor place, nor chance, nor death can bow<br \/>\nMy least desires unto the last remove;<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s firmly mine by oath; I his by vow;<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s mine by faith; and I am his by love;<br \/>\n[He&#8217;s mine by water; I am his by wine:]<br \/>\nThus I my best-beloved&#8217;s am; thus he is mine.<\/p>\n<p>[He is my altar; I, his holy place;<br \/>\nI am his guest; and he, my living food;<br \/>\nI&#8217;m his by penitence; he mine by grace;<br \/>\nI&#8217;m his by purchase; he is mine by blood;<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s my supporting elm; and I his vine:<br \/>\nThus I my best-beloved&#8217;s am; thus he is mine&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5029,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[62,42,90,25,27],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5027","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-high-voice","7":"product_cat-individual-songs","8":"product_cat-paul-ayres","9":"product_cat-soprano","10":"product_cat-tenor","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-variable"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5027"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5027"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmusicllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}