{"id":268,"date":"2014-06-18T22:40:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T22:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=268"},"modified":"2014-10-17T17:56:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T17:56:11","slug":"drummer-hodge","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/chapter\/drummer-hodge\/","title":{"raw":"Drummer Hodge","rendered":"Drummer Hodge"},"content":{"raw":"I\r\n\r\nThey throw in Drummer Hodge, to rest\r\nUncoffined - just as found:\r\nHis landmark is a kopje-crest[footnote]Afrikaans for \"small hill.\"[\/footnote]\r\n<\/a>That breaks the veldt[footnote]South African grassland.[\/footnote]\u00a0around;\r\nAnd foreign constellations west\r\nEach night above his mound.\r\n\r\nII\r\n\r\nYoung Hodge the Drummer never knew -\r\nFresh from his Wessex home -\r\nThe meaning of the broad Karoo[footnote]Semi-desert region of South Africa.[\/footnote],\r\nThe Bush, the dusty loam,\r\nAnd why uprose to nightly view\r\nStrange stars amid the gloam.\r\n\r\nIII\r\n\r\nYet portion of that unknown plain\r\nWill Hodge forever be;\r\nHis homely Northern breast and brain\r\nGrow to some Southern tree,\r\nAnd strange-eyed constellations reign\r\nHis stars eternally.\r\n\r\n\u2014 1901","rendered":"<p>I<\/p>\n<p>They throw in Drummer Hodge, to rest<br \/>\nUncoffined &#8211; just as found:<br \/>\nHis landmark is a kopje-crest<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Afrikaans for &quot;small hill.&quot;\" id=\"return-footnote-268-1\" href=\"#footnote-268-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nThat breaks the veldt<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"South African grassland.\" id=\"return-footnote-268-2\" href=\"#footnote-268-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0around;<br \/>\nAnd foreign constellations west<br \/>\nEach night above his mound.<\/p>\n<p>II<\/p>\n<p>Young Hodge the Drummer never knew &#8211;<br \/>\nFresh from his Wessex home &#8211;<br \/>\nThe meaning of the broad Karoo<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Semi-desert region of South Africa.\" id=\"return-footnote-268-3\" href=\"#footnote-268-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a>,<br \/>\nThe Bush, the dusty loam,<br \/>\nAnd why uprose to nightly view<br \/>\nStrange stars amid the gloam.<\/p>\n<p>III<\/p>\n<p>Yet portion of that unknown plain<br \/>\nWill Hodge forever be;<br \/>\nHis homely Northern breast and brain<br \/>\nGrow to some Southern tree,<br \/>\nAnd strange-eyed constellations reign<br \/>\nHis stars eternally.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 1901<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-268-1\">Afrikaans for \"small hill.\" <a href=\"#return-footnote-268-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-268-2\">South African grassland. <a href=\"#return-footnote-268-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-268-3\">Semi-desert region of South Africa. <a href=\"#return-footnote-268-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["thomas-hardy"],"pb_section_license":"public-domain"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[53],"license":[78],"class_list":["post-268","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-thomas-hardy","license-public-domain"],"part":265,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/268\/revisions\/2406"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/265"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/268\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}