{"id":477,"date":"2010-02-14T23:04:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T23:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2014-09-04T23:08:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T23:08:31","slug":"lady-of-the-sweetest-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/lady-of-the-sweetest-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady of the Sweetest Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pSu4D22mUyk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.celtichosting.com\/writingsinrhyme\/back_catalogue\/images\/MonaLisa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/>I<br \/>\nLady of the sweetest smile<br \/>\nIn this town and round for many a mile<br \/>\nLaughter, fun, and all with grace,<br \/>\nThe Mona Lisa should have had your face.<\/p>\n<p>II<\/p>\n<p>Now gone, to a better tomorrow<br \/>\nIn Dublin: where future is present<br \/>\nNot for you the life of struggle and sorrow:<br \/>\nThe factory worker: today\u2019s peasant.<\/p>\n<p>III<\/p>\n<p>God looks after, they say, the good<br \/>\nMay He take care of you<br \/>\nBecause thou art, and He should,<br \/>\nFair of face, and heart that\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>IV<\/p>\n<p>Love for you I do not hold,<br \/>\nAs I know it could never be<br \/>\nI wish the man whose yours well<br \/>\nAnd wish that it could have been me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Lady of the sweetest smile In this town and round for many a mile Laughter, fun, and all with grace, The Mona Lisa should have had your face. II Now gone, to a better tomorrow In Dublin: where future is present Not for you the life of struggle and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[145,198,15],"tags":[699,700,202,362,16,701,17,200,526],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love-poems","category-sweetest-smile-poems","category-sweetest-smile-videopoems","tag-adore","tag-adored-from-afar","tag-amore","tag-love","tag-love-video-poems","tag-short-love-poem","tag-unrequited-love","tag-unrequited-love-poem","tag-video-poem","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-7H","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":229,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/snowflakes-in-another-land\/","url_meta":{"origin":477,"position":0},"title":"Snowflakes in Another Land","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"2nd December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Her heart beats for another, Life goes on, he who has her hand, And her heart, makes it beat faster, Under snowflakes in another land. 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