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<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
History, crumbles, before our eyes
\nAnd walking past, we wonder not
\nSomeday, for all that we are
\nWe too, like those who here lived, will be forgot…<\/p>\n
These walls, they are but stone walls
\nAnd as the Lord upon his throne
\nWho once ruled here, he died
\nSo shall we, being but skin and bone<\/p>\n
And the stone buildings great we build
\nSo that known long will be our fame
\nShall be – our names forgotten long – but
\nA picture for a frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
History, crumbles, before our eyes And walking past, we wonder not Someday, for all that we are We too, like those who here lived, will be forgot… These walls, they are but stone walls And as the Lord upon his throne Who once ruled here, he died So shall we, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,7,315],"tags":[1666,1665,676,675,1667],"class_list":["post-1456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death","category-life","category-tullamore","tag-castle","tag-decay","tag-history","tag-life-death","tag-walls","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-nu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1881,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/honest-hands-build-true\/","url_meta":{"origin":1456,"position":0},"title":"Honest Hands Build True","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Honest hands build walls true: Work plain for all to see - Stands the test of time, Passed by walkers like me Stones on ground, set into the earth Walls of mud moulded by hands built high Stand where many concrete walls have bit the dust Honest hands being the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Gander Around Galway"","block_context":{"text":"Gander Around Galway","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/travel-poems\/gander-around-galway\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Old Cottage in Oranmore - built with peasent hands, with no engineers, its was build true: and stands where many houses designed and built by engineers has fallen...","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Old-Cottage-in-Oranmore.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Old-Cottage-in-Oranmore.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Old-Cottage-in-Oranmore.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Old-Cottage-in-Oranmore.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":73,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/what-the-clergy-really-prayed-for\/","url_meta":{"origin":1456,"position":1},"title":"What The Clergy Really Prayed For","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"9th June 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"They hid behind the Penal Laws Those in cloaks and veils dressed They hid behind history How the clergy were oppressed They used it as an excuse When the Communists killed their priests in Spain... 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