{"id":3737,"date":"2017-05-18T00:56:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T23:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3737"},"modified":"2017-05-18T00:56:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T23:56:13","slug":"walking-among-a-host-of-faded-daffodils-at-lough-atalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/walking-among-a-host-of-faded-daffodils-at-lough-atalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Among a Host of Faded Daffodils at Lough Atalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BUMv9LmFUSU\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">And all at once I saw a crowd \/ A host of dark yellow wilted daffodils&#8230; With apologies to #wordsworth  #loughatalia seen from the #renmore  bank looking up to #wellpark in #galway  #nofilterneeded #nature #lake #lough #loch #gailleamh #picoftheday #potd #samsungs5<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-05-17T15:54:04+00:00\">May 17, 2017 at 8:54am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And all at one I saw a crowd<br \/>\nA host, of golden daffodils<br \/>\n~ Wordsworth<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Walking on Lough Atalias banks<br \/>\nIn summer sun upon I came<br \/>\nA scene captured in verse before<br \/>\nWhere Wordsworth upon similar came<br \/>\nBut I too see their beauty was<br \/>\nIt being summer, a month too late<br \/>\nThe golden was now a dull yellow brown<br \/>\nLooked worn and in a sorry state.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, to see them in their prime,<br \/>\nGrowning in clumps spread far and wide<br \/>\nI did not see, the gate to the field being closed<br \/>\nTo where they grew by the lakeside<br \/>\nNot planted by man, but spread by nature<br \/>\nThey must have looked lovely yellow heads in the breeze<br \/>\nMaybe next year should I near here be<br \/>\nI shall to see the chance shall sieze!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3738\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/walking-among-a-host-of-faded-daffodils-at-lough-atalia\/daffodils\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3738\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Daffodils-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Daffodils - faded daffodils at Lough Atalia\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Daffodils-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Daffodils-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Daffodils-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Daffodils-700x393.jpg 700w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Daffodils-332x187.jpg 332w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Daffodils.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daffodils &#8211; faded daffodils at Lough Atalia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And all at once I saw a crowd \/ A host of dark yellow wilted daffodils&#8230; With apologies to #wordsworth #loughatalia seen from the #renmore bank looking up to #wellpark in #galway #nofilterneeded #nature #lake #lough #loch #gailleamh #picoftheday #potd #samsungs5 A post shared by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on May &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1651,3645,232],"tags":[3646,1745,12,92],"class_list":["post-3737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gander-around-galway","category-lough-atalia-poems","category-nature-2","tag-daffodils","tag-lough-atalia","tag-nature","tag-walking-in-nature","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Daffodils.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Yh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1647,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/two-magpies-lough-atalia\/","url_meta":{"origin":3737,"position":0},"title":"Two Magpies &#8211; 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