{"id":105,"date":"2014-09-20T18:45:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T18:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poems-by-emily-dickinson\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2014-09-20T18:45:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T18:45:27","slug":"the-goal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/poems-by-emily-dickinson\/the-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GOAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each life converges to some centre<br \/>\nExpressed or still;<br \/>\nExists in every human nature<br \/>\nA goal,<\/p>\n<p>Admitted scarcely to itself, it may be,<br \/>\nToo fair<br \/>\nFor credibility&#8217;s temerity<br \/>\nTo dare.<\/p>\n<p>Adored with caution, as a brittle heaven,<br \/>\nTo reach<br \/>\nWere hopeless as the rainbow&#8217;s raiment<br \/>\nTo touch,<\/p>\n<p>Yet persevered toward, surer for the distance;<br \/>\nHow high<br \/>\nUnto the saints&#8217; slow diligence<br \/>\nThe sky!<\/p>\n<p>Ungained, it may be, by a life&#8217;s low venture,<br \/>\nBut then,<br \/>\nEternity enables the endeavoring<br \/>\nAgain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each life converges to some centre Expressed or still; Exists in every human nature A goal, Admitted scarcely to itself, it may be, Too fair For credibility&#8217;s temerity To dare. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/poems-by-emily-dickinson\/the-goal\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":464,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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