{"id":596,"date":"2012-03-03T18:17:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T18:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=596"},"modified":"2012-03-03T18:17:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T18:17:55","slug":"courage-too-late","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=596","title":{"rendered":"Courage too late"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Courage too late<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The breeze ran bold fingers through your hair,<br \/>\nbut I sat still, I did not dare.<br \/>\nA beetle lands on your bare knee<br \/>\n&#8211; braver by far, that one than me.<br \/>\nYour face was kissed and kissed by sun,<br \/>\nI made no move and I the one<br \/>\nwho longs to touch and stroke and kiss:<br \/>\nAlas! my courage failed to rise to this.<\/p>\n<p>Hope lies in State.<br \/>\nNothing comes to he who waits.<br \/>\nAll is lost to he who hesitates.<br \/>\nI found courage too late.<\/p>\n<p>In coming days and months and years<br \/>\nI\u2019ll have time to ponder on my petty fears<br \/>\nand reflect with wisdom hardly wrung<br \/>\nso often youth is wasted on the young.<\/p>\n<p>Hope lies in State.<br \/>\nNothing comes to he who waits.<br \/>\nAll is lost to he who hesitates.<br \/>\nI found courage too late.<\/p>\n<p>For in the end, to small avail,<br \/>\nwhen courage\u2019s come, the body\u2019s failed!<\/p>\n<p>Hope lies in State.<br \/>\nNothing comes to he who waits.<br \/>\nAll is lost to he who hesitates.<br \/>\nI found courage too late.<br \/>\nI found courage too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courage too late The breeze ran bold fingers through your hair, but I sat still, I did not dare. A beetle lands on your bare knee &#8211; braver by far, that one than me. Your face was kissed and kissed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=596\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":566,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P36zMW-9C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions\/597"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}