{"id":3125,"date":"2016-08-28T02:20:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T01:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2016-08-28T02:20:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T01:20:45","slug":"the-fourth-funnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-fourth-funnel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fourth Funnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2693\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2693\" alt=\"Titanic, with only three funnels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Titanic-with-only-three-funnels.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Titanic, with only three funnels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Proud men of Belfast built her<br \/>\nRivets driven blow by blow<br \/>\nBuilt with inner savage pride<br \/>\nWorkers today seldom know&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And from the sky, swinging crane<br \/>\nThe fourth funnel lowers down<br \/>\nAs if the ship was a queen<br \/>\nAnd the funnel was a crown.<\/p>\n<p>She wasn&#8217;t to last on the wave<br \/>\nTragic, it was, her story<br \/>\nBut in the shipyard of dreams<br \/>\nAll she held, it was glory.<\/p>\n<p>And each rivet was driven<br \/>\nNot just by workers for wage<br \/>\nBut with love as if actors<br \/>\nAnd the shipyard was a stage!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proud men of Belfast built her Rivets driven blow by blow Built with inner savage pride Workers today seldom know&#8230; And from the sky, swinging crane The fourth funnel lowers down As if the ship was a queen And the funnel was a crown. 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