{"id":780,"date":"2014-09-29T22:54:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T22:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=780"},"modified":"2014-09-29T22:54:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T22:54:46","slug":"a-spirit-stands-unheard-unseen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-spirit-stands-unheard-unseen\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spirit Stands, Unheard, Unseen"},"content":{"rendered":"
A spirit stands, unheard unseen<\/div>\n
Watching over those he\u2019s left behind,<\/div>\n
As on their knees their prayers they say<\/div>\n
With him upon their mind…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In Belgium’s fields far far away<\/div>\n
In uniform he went to fight<\/div>\n
The war of the old enemy<\/div>\n
So that to be free his nation might…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
And in his land long past the day<\/div>\n
When his blood was shed<\/div>\n
Forgotten will be his sacrifice<\/div>\n
Listed among Britain’s dead…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
For countrymen in Dublin town<\/div>\n
In Rebellion lit a nations flame<\/div>\n
Though failed: in long run would succeed<\/div>\n
And to the soldiers were brought shame…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
For they fought not for their own land<\/div>\n
Though o do so, they did answer the call<\/div>\n
By leaders bad who tried to appease<\/div>\n
England: and saw their sons in thousands fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The family in time of his death were told<\/div>\n
And of him they were proud<\/div>\n
And for generations after he\u2019d silently watch<\/div>\n
How his memory was not allowed<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A spirit stands, unheard unseen Watching over those he\u2019s left behind, As on their knees their prayers they say With him upon their mind… In Belgium’s fields far far away In uniform he went to fight The war of the old enemy So that to be free his nation might… …<\/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":[97],"tags":[1017,1016,2348,389],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-great-war","tag-irish-dead-in-wwi","tag-irish-soldiers-in-the-great-war","tag-the-great-war","tag-world-war-one","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-cA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-war-we-do-not-see\/","url_meta":{"origin":780,"position":0},"title":"A War We Do Not See","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th July 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Preoccupied with Gaza,a cold war in the Spratley islands where China pushes borders as Rissia is doing in Ukraine, bar on a martimime and not a land basis, is ignored by all, including the Irish left. 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