{"id":606,"date":"2014-09-18T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T16:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=606"},"modified":"2014-09-18T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T16:48:11","slug":"a-horse-is-a-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-horse-is-a-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"A Horse Is a Horse"},"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\/sEzeLKfQu10?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>A horse is a horse and a man is a man<br \/>\nAnd neither can be the other<br \/>\nAnd each can survive but is much better<br \/>\nIn the company of one another.<br \/>\nAnd while a horse is a horse and that is true<br \/>\nA horse is but a beast<br \/>\nAs a cow is a cow, some ask how<br \/>\nOn its flesh we should not feast?<br \/>\nFor they do so in France as in other places<br \/>\nAnd I don&#8217;t know how they can<br \/>\nFor while a horse is a horse and is only a horse<br \/>\nIt is less a cow than it is a man! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A horse is a horse and a man is a man And neither can be the other And each can survive but is much better In the company of one another. 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