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\nStrives to spoil your walk,
\nRather, thankful for it let you be,
\nWhen of the weather you talk.<\/p>\n
Curse not the rain as it pours,
\nAs you walk through puddles and floods…
\nIt is the reason for the beauty of our land…
\nThe fields of green and peaceful woods…<\/p>\n
Somewhere, in another land…
\nUnderneath a sunny sky…
\nDesperate people pray to God and Gods for rain…
\nWondering will if fall, when, and if not… why?<\/p>\n
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Don’t curse the rain as it falls, Strives to spoil your walk, Rather, thankful for it let you be, When of the weather you talk. Curse not the rain as it pours, As you walk through puddles and floods… It is the reason for the beauty of our land… The …<\/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":[232],"tags":[39,2345,12,442],"class_list":["post-909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-2","tag-athlone","tag-ireland","tag-nature","tag-river-shannon","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-eF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1417,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/raining-cats-at-halloween\/","url_meta":{"origin":909,"position":0},"title":"Raining Cats at Halloween","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st November 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Its raining cats and dogs, I thought to myself, As I walked down in the rain... 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