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\"River<\/a>
River Shannon at Portumna in Galway. Downstream from Banagher where I grew up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shannon, silver goddess, flow to sea
\nAnd life bring you with thee
\nTo the oceans loud and proud swell
\nThy waters come, as if from a well
\nFrom which all of the midlands drinks
\nYour waters pure, the midlands links
\nWith the seas wide expanse
\nWith whose waters yours joins in a dance.
\nAnd so, silver goddess, each mile you grow,
\nBlesses be your waters that into the Atlantic flow.<\/p>\n

Latest of the verses restored to the website!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shannon, silver goddess, flow to sea And life bring you with thee To the oceans loud and proud swell Thy waters come, as if from a well From which all of the midlands drinks Your waters pure, the midlands links With the seas wide expanse With whose waters yours joins …<\/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":[232],"tags":[3970,442,1782,3969],"class_list":["post-4120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-2","tag-river-goddess","tag-river-shannon","tag-shannon","tag-sionna","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-14s","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4710,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-bridge-over-the-river\/","url_meta":{"origin":4120,"position":0},"title":"The Bridge O\u2019er The River","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th June 1998","format":false,"excerpt":"Slowly you flow, unobstructed and free, Slowly ou flow, on down to the sea, Slowly you flow under this bridge and me... 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