{"id":975,"date":"2021-05-03T16:09:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T16:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/?p=975"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:03:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:03:17","slug":"975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/2021\/05\/03\/975\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam&#8217;s Bower &#8211; John Milton&#8217;s &#8216;Paradise Lost&#8217; (1667)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-parallax is-repeated has-custom-content-position is-position-top-left\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-979 has-parallax is-repeated\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bower-2.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-normal-font-size\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">On to their blissful bower: it was a place<br>Chosen by the sovran Planter, when he framed<br>All things to Man&#8217;s delightful use; the roof<br>Of thickest covert was inwoven shade<br>Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew<br>Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side<br>Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub,<br>Fenced up the verdant wall; each beauteous flower,<br>Iris all hues, roses, and jessamin,<br>Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought<br>Mosaick; underfoot the violet,<br>Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay<br>Broidered the ground<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1425,"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions\/1425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english.cam.ac.uk\/research\/plantlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}