{"id":5206,"date":"2022-04-08T08:47:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T12:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/?p=5206"},"modified":"2022-04-08T08:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T12:48:56","slug":"william-cowper-the-cause-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/08\/william-cowper-the-cause-won\/","title":{"rendered":"William Cowper, The Cause Won"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/william-cowper\">William Cowper<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">(1731-1800)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The Cause Won<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"articlebody\">Two neighbours furiously dispute;<br \/>\nA field&#8211;the subject of the suit.<br \/>\nTrivial the spot, yet such the rage<br \/>\nWith which the combatants engage,<br \/>\n&#8216;Twere hard\u00a0to tell who covets most<br \/>\nThe prize&#8211;at whatsoever cost.<br \/>\nThe pleadings swell. Words still suffice:<br \/>\nNo single\u00a0word but has its price.<br \/>\nNo term but yields some fair pretence<br \/>\nFor novel and increased expense.<br \/>\nDefendant thus becomes a name,<br \/>\nWhich he that bore it may disclaim,<br \/>\nSince both in one description blended,<br \/>\nAre plaintiffs&#8211;when the suit is ended.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nextprev\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=HedgehogsFoxes\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Cowper (1731-1800) The Cause Won Two neighbours furiously dispute; A field&#8211;the subject of the suit. Trivial the spot, yet such the rage With which the combatants engage, &#8216;Twere hard\u00a0to tell who covets most&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,766],"tags":[491,132,767],"class_list":["post-5206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law-and-poetry","category-william-cowper","tag-law-and-poetry","tag-news","tag-william-cowper"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pasVL2-1lY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5206"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5209,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206\/revisions\/5209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}