{"id":778,"date":"2014-09-29T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T22:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=778"},"modified":"2014-09-29T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T22:52:10","slug":"a-fool-by-dreams-he-lives-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-fool-by-dreams-he-lives-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fool, By Dreams, He Lives His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
A fool, by dreams, he lives his life<\/div>\n
And wonders why nothing comes true<\/div>\n
Little he tries, as his life away he dreams<\/div>\n
And he only has lost opportunities to rue…<\/div>\n
Yes, dreams are good to possess<\/div>\n
Through them another way can be seen<\/div>\n
But if you’ve never tried: your dreams you’ll never realise<\/div>\n
And but a waste your life will have been.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fool, by dreams, he lives his life And wonders why nothing comes true Little he tries, as his life away he dreams And he only has lost opportunities to rue… Yes, dreams are good to possess Through them another way can be seen But if you’ve never tried: your …<\/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":[64,7],"tags":[65,1014,1015],"class_list":["post-778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-poetry","category-life","tag-life-2","tag-motivation","tag-positive-thoughts","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-cy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1542,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/to-one-side-i-must-cast-my-pen\/","url_meta":{"origin":778,"position":0},"title":"To One Side I Must Cast My Pen","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th March 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Verses written win all hearts bar hers She is a slave to life, passion and chance: I am a walker of safe paths, writer of verses of adventure Shall have to cast aside the pen to live this romance Should I in a time to come of her love have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Love Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Love Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/love-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4387,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-cock-and-the-crock-of-gold\/","url_meta":{"origin":778,"position":1},"title":"The Cock and the Crock of Gold","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"24th July 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The legend of the Cock and the Crock of Gold in Kilcormac, in the times of the Wars of the Molloys... 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