{"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"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_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-cA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4209,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/soldiers-death-announced-by-spirits-unseen\/","url_meta":{"origin":780,"position":0},"title":"Soldiers Death Announced By Spirits Unseen","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"19th December 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Christmas Eve, House hushed, the lonesome cry echoed through the frosty air It was said to be but an owl by all assembled there But they knew it was not, but no, was she who follows even yet Those of the blood from noble times, of whose ranks her cry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ghost Story"","block_context":{"text":"Ghost Story","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/ghost-story\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Over the Top in World War One","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Over-the-Top-in-World-War-One.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Over-the-Top-in-World-War-One.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Over-the-Top-in-World-War-One.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Over-the-Top-in-World-War-One.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Over-the-Top-in-World-War-One.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1221,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/let-us-remember-this-november\/","url_meta":{"origin":780,"position":1},"title":"Let Us Remember This November","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th November 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This day we all remember As we are asked to and yet It seems our own who faught for their own land We are asked to forget. 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