{"id":1674,"date":"2024-02-05T22:02:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=1674"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:06:35","slug":"prester-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=1674","title":{"rendered":"Prester John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gustave_Dore_-_The_Remains_of_the_First_Crusaders-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gustave_Dore_-_The_Remains_of_the_First_Crusaders-1.jpg 793w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gustave_Dore_-_The_Remains_of_the_First_Crusaders-1-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gustave_Dore_-_The_Remains_of_the_First_Crusaders-1-768x949.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gustave_Dor%C3%A9_-_The_Remains_of_the_First_Crusaders.jpg\">The Remains of the First Crusaders by Gustave Dor\u00e9<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A band of soldiers, vast and ragged<br>March through Egyptian sands,<br>Their banners tattered, their steps saddened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrester John, Prester John,\u201d they cry,<br>\u201cWhy did so many have to die?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once had their hope carried them through those lands<br>With expectation of glory and overthrow;<br>Till it beckoned them with slothful commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrester John, Prester John,\u201d they cry,<br>\u201cWhy did so many have to die?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A book had told them this king would bring the final blow<br>To the Saracen, with armies beyond compare.<br>False it was; for this promise delivered only woe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrester John, Prester John,\u201d they cry,<br>\u201cWhy did so many have to die?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let it be proved then, without semblance of dare<br>The damage prophecy false doth bear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Put not your trust in princes: in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Psalms 145:2-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[43,8,22,51,52],"class_list":["post-1674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-europe","tag-faith","tag-history","tag-middle-east","tag-north-africa"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1674"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1682,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674\/revisions\/1682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}