{"id":23,"date":"2014-01-08T11:05:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T11:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2014-12-04T03:15:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T03:15:31","slug":"when-lost-among-nettles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/when-lost-among-nettles\/","title":{"rendered":"When Lost Among Nettles"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>When lost amongst nettles ye\u2019ll find if ye search, my stone of remembrance is marked with an Arch<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Op1hhL4-sE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Life, the world, its ills and woes,<br \/>\nIs Gods Garden, growing wild,<br \/>\nWe beat our way through the high weeds,<br \/>\nHelpless, we struggle, as if a child&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We need each other, friends, family and brethren<br \/>\nAs through the undergrowth of life we march<br \/>\nWhen lost among the nettles<br \/>\nBrethren will guide you, marked by an Arch.<\/p>\n<p>The lost &#8211; and we all at times are &#8211; will find direction,<br \/>\nFrom the faithful you find there,<br \/>\nOf opinion, character and experience<br \/>\nLike the stones, firm sound and square.<\/p>\n<address>Quote from the grave of James Orr.<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When lost amongst nettles ye\u2019ll find if ye search, my stone of remembrance is marked with an Arch Life, the world, its ills and woes, Is Gods Garden, growing wild, We beat our way through the high weeds, Helpless, we struggle, as if a child&#8230; We need each other, friends, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45,1227,6],"tags":[47,46,49,48],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freemasonry","category-tales-of-old-ireland","category-video-poetry","tag-freemason","tag-freemason-quotes","tag-irish-freemasons","tag-poem-on-freemasons","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-n","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3127,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/tyler-from-beyond-the-grave\/","url_meta":{"origin":23,"position":0},"title":"Tyler from Beyond the Grave","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st November 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes, within the dead of night, the lodge held in the grip of the dark, When no master sits on the Dias in his chair, When all think that all men - and of this world have - gone home... 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