{"id":4660,"date":"2020-04-24T20:50:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2020-04-24T20:50:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:50:44","slug":"because-the-sun-still-shines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/because-the-sun-still-shines\/","title":{"rendered":"Because The Sun Still Shines"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Renmore<\/a>
Renmore looking out on Lough Atalia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Because the sun still shines
\nAs it did in plagues before
\nWe know that there was better times
\nTo come, there will be more.<\/p>\n

We know not what is to come,
\nThank God we cannot see the signs,
\nLet us be content when times are bad
\nBecause the sun still shines…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sun shining tells us there are better times after the storm, worth remembering in these #COVID19 times<\/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":[55,4232],"tags":[4278,4281,3280,4282],"class_list":["post-4660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-longford-writers-group","tag-covid19","tag-covid19ireland","tag-plague","tag-poem-of-hope","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1da","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5056,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/hope-is-a-horse-fair-in-banagher\/","url_meta":{"origin":4660,"position":0},"title":"Hope is a Horse Fair in Banagher","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Our old house, Babser Hynses on the right, is boarded up now. 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