{"id":2963,"date":"2010-07-08T15:13:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T22:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2012-06-17T12:59:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T12:59:33","slug":"nellie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/2963\/nellie\/","title":{"rendered":"Nellie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/2963\/nellie\/mckenneynelliesmall\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8203\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/mckenneynelliesmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mckenneynelliesmall\" width=\"168\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The poem, &#8220;Nellie&#8221;, was written by Doris Julia McKenney, daughter of George Ellis (Bob) McKenney, upon the death of her sister, Nellie.  Nellie was a poet. Several of her poems can be found on this website under the tag &#8220;poetry by Nellie Adelaide Mckenney&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Doris was born January 5 1908 in Genoa, Minnesota. She married Lester W. Mattson, January 1, 1926 in Rochester, Minnesota, and died Sept 18, 1981 in Eugene, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nellie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think of me, though I am gone<br \/>\n   When spring comes.<br \/>\nWhen creeks, their winter bondage break<br \/>\n    And leap<br \/>\n      and run.<br \/>\nFor Oh my spirit now is free to roam at will<br \/>\nThe fragrant, shaded forest glen,<br \/>\n   The sun warmed hill.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll watch the sun go down at night<br \/>\nHear the lark at dawn&#8230;.<br \/>\n   Don&#8217;t grieve for me when spring comes<br \/>\n   Though I am gone.<br \/>\nWhen&#8217;ere you walk a forest path,<br \/>\n   You&#8217;ll know that I am near.<br \/>\nIf you listen to the singing wind<br \/>\n   My happy voice you&#8217;ll hear.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve cast aside my chains of work<br \/>\n   Now I&#8217;m free to go along a sunlit<br \/>\n   Wooded path down where the bluebells<br \/>\nSo think of me with happy smiles<br \/>\n   As I go to meet the dawn.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t weep for me when spring comes<br \/>\n   Though I am gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poem, &#8220;Nellie&#8221;, was written by Doris Julia McKenney, daughter of George Ellis (Bob) McKenney, upon the death of her sister, Nellie. Nellie was a poet. Several of her poems can be found on this website under the tag &#8220;poetry by Nellie Adelaide Mckenney&#8221;. Doris was born January 5 1908 in Genoa, Minnesota. She married [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[625,660],"class_list":["post-2963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mckenney-family","category-uncategorized","tag-poetry-by-nellie-adelaide-mckenney","tag-robert-eugene-mckenney-line"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}