{"id":3302,"date":"2015-12-05T04:27:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T04:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2016-12-05T04:29:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T04:29:21","slug":"to-live-in-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/to-live-in-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"To Live In Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"

“To live in hearts we leave behind is to not die”
\n– Thomas Campbell<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To live in hearts we leave behind
\nIt is said, is to never die
\nAnd those words are true as any
\nOr at least so says I.<\/p>\n

For if we are not to fondly be remembered
\nBetter not be so at all
\nAnd a life as such is a waste:
\nA spade as a spade I call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“To live in hearts we leave behind is to not die” – Thomas Campbell To live in hearts we leave behind It is said, is to never die And those words are true as any Or at least so says I. 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