{"id":1971,"date":"2024-06-30T01:13:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T01:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2026-05-19T02:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:48:09","slug":"upon-a-picture-of-my-grandfather-taken-at-montevergine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"Upon A Picture of My Grandfather, Taken at Montevergine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Santuario_Montevergine_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Santuario_Montevergine_2.jpg 778w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Santuario_Montevergine_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Santuario_Montevergine_2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Santuario_Montevergine_2.JPG\"><em>Vista esterna del Santuario di Montevergine<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I look upon that moment forever bound,<br>Mind and heart unite, and with ardor resound.<br>You, Nonno, lean upon a fence clothed in your Sunday best;<br>Behind you stands a monument to the glory of the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About a thousand years have those whited bricks seen;<br>And centuries of pilgrims too\u2014how many has Mary here made clean!<br>The tower stands guard, as angels invisible patrol.<br>Monks pray; but now Italy has lost her soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She can be found again, in the Faith immortal<br>For men die, but the love of God is eternal.<br>Christ drove demons from swine;<br>He will cast them from our land, in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In your place, I hope to one day clasp my hands and stand<br>And pray for you, our people, and the Fatherland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Faith is Europe and Europe is the Faith.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Hillaire Belloc<\/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":[43,8,22,41,59],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-europe","tag-faith","tag-history","tag-italy","tag-relationships"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","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=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1976,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions\/1976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}