{"id":2096,"date":"2011-08-24T07:18:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T07:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2011-08-24T07:18:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T07:18:15","slug":"the-hand-that-rocks-the-cradle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=2096","title":{"rendered":"The hand that rocks the cradle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThere was this saying in an old movie, I've never thought it was from a <a href=\"http:\/\/librivox.org\/the-hand-that-rocks-the-cradle-by-william-ross-wallace\/\" target=\"_blank\">classic poem<\/a>. By William Ross Wallace (1819-1881).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBlessings on the hand of women!<br \/>\nAngels guard its strength and grace,<br \/>\nIn the palace, cottage, hovel,<br \/>\nOh, no matter where the place;<br \/>\nWould that never storms assailed it,<br \/>\nRainbows ever gently curled;<br \/>\nFor the hand that rocks the cradle<br \/>\nIs the hand that rules the world.<\/p>\n<p>Infancy's the tender fountain,<br \/>\nPower may with beauty flow,<br \/>\nMother's first to guide the streamlets,<br \/>\nFrom them souls unresting grow--<br \/>\nGrow on for the good or evil,<br \/>\nSunshine streamed or evil hurled;<br \/>\nFor the hand that rocks the cradle<br \/>\nIs the hand that rules the world.<\/p>\n<p>Woman, how divine your mission<br \/>\nHere upon our natal sod!<br \/>\nKeep, oh, keep the young heart open<br \/>\nAlways to the breath of God!<br \/>\nAll true trophies of the ages<br \/>\nAre from mother-love impearled;<br \/>\nFor the hand that rocks the cradle<br \/>\nIs the hand that rules the world.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings on the hand of women!<br \/>\nFathers, sons, and daughters cry,<br \/>\nAnd the sacred song is mingled<br \/>\nWith the worship in the sky--<br \/>\nMingles where no tempest darkens,<br \/>\nRainbows evermore are hurled;<br \/>\nFor the hand that rocks the cradle<br \/>\nIs the hand that rules the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was this saying in an old movie, I've never thought it was from a classic poem. By William Ross Wallace (1819-1881). Blessings on the hand of women! Angels guard its strength and grace, In the palace, cottage, hovel, Oh, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=2096\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}