{"id":1,"date":"2014-08-07T22:27:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T22:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2014-08-08T12:02:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T12:02:40","slug":"give-to-me-an-angry-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/give-to-me-an-angry-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Give to Me an Angry Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"540\" height=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CcyfpKp0_JM&#038;autoplay=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Give to me an angry sea<br \/>\nWhen I am old, not strong like now<br \/>\nAnd at my happiest I will be<br \/>\nShould life, that pleasure to me allow<br \/>\nThat I can, upon my lips<br \/>\nTaste the salt of a thundering spray<br \/>\nThat breaks rocks, and tosses ships<br \/>\nWho for their safety others pray\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And I though old, for past my prime<br \/>\nUnlike as I write today being young<br \/>\nShall recall today, an earlier time<br \/>\nWhen I tasted sea salt upon the tongue<br \/>\nWalking the seafront at Porto Torres town<br \/>\nA rioting wave roared as it broke<br \/>\nThe black black sky looked down<br \/>\nA wild wild wind of horrors spoke\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I \u2013 wrapped up against the storm well &#8211;<br \/>\nEnjoyed it, as if it were the sun<br \/>\nAnd wrote of it, verses to tell<br \/>\nOf when one night, a storm had its fun<br \/>\nAnd thought, I, when I am old<br \/>\nI hope the grace of God gives to me<br \/>\nThe health to enjoy it, to be bold<br \/>\nTo walk with a wild and angry sea\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give to me an angry sea When I am old, not strong like now And at my happiest I will be Should life, that pleasure to me allow That I can, upon my lips Taste the salt of a thundering spray That breaks rocks, and tosses ships Who for their &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,1,6],"tags":[10,12,2340,13,11],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-life","category-travel","category-uncategorized","category-video-poetry","tag-aging","tag-nature","tag-sardinia","tag-travel-2","tag-walking-in-the-sea","post_format-post-format-video","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3711,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/cutting-old-burkes-roses\/","url_meta":{"origin":1,"position":0},"title":"Cutting Old Burkes Roses","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"While out walking near Salthill a few days back, a man cutting roses from a bush outside a derelict house talked to me as I passed... 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