Natures song is one of joy,
\nEach singing birds a bard,
\nHe celebrates each and every day,
\nBe it of ease or hard.
\nLet us men be like the bird,
\nOn days both short and long,
\nHard and easy, pleasant or cold,
\nLet us greet it with a song!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Natures song is one of joy, Each singing birds a bard, He celebrates each and every day, Be it of ease or hard. Let us men be like the bird, On days both short and long, Hard and easy, pleasant or cold, Let us greet it with a song!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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":[64,232],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-poetry","category-nature-2","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-9i","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4471,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/pondering-poetry\/","url_meta":{"origin":576,"position":0},"title":"Pondering Poetry","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"29th March 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Whimsical verse on poetry, and the relationship between poet and reader...","rel":"","context":"In "Writing"","block_context":{"text":"Writing","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/writing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"From an exhibition in Longford a few years back","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/From-an-exhibition-in-Longford-a-few-years-back.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/From-an-exhibition-in-Longford-a-few-years-back.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/From-an-exhibition-in-Longford-a-few-years-back.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/From-an-exhibition-in-Longford-a-few-years-back.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/From-an-exhibition-in-Longford-a-few-years-back.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5180,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-custume-of-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":576,"position":1},"title":"The Custume of Ukraine","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"26th February 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In memory of Vitaly Volodymyrovych - the Sgt Custume of out times. 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