{"id":1624,"date":"2013-11-11T20:24:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T02:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2013-11-11T20:25:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T02:25:41","slug":"in-flanders-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/?p=1624","title":{"rendered":"In Flanders Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>In Flanders Fields<\/h1>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Flanders Poppy on the First World War battlefields.\" alt=\"Flanders Poppy on the First World War battlefields.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greatwar.co.uk\/images\/poppies\/combined-poppies-800.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"poetname\">by John McCrae, May 1915<\/p>\n<p class=\"poem\">In Flanders fields the poppies blow<br \/>\nBetween the crosses, row on row,<br \/>\nThat mark our place; and in the sky<br \/>\nThe larks, still bravely singing, fly<br \/>\nScarce heard amid the guns below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"poem\">We are the Dead. Short days ago<br \/>\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br \/>\nLoved and were loved, and now we lie<br \/>\nIn Flanders fields.<\/p>\n<p class=\"poem\">Take up our quarrel with the foe:<br \/>\nTo you from failing hands we throw<br \/>\nThe torch; be yours to hold it high.<br \/>\nIf ye break faith with us who die<br \/>\nWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow<br \/>\nIn Flanders fields.<\/p>\n<p class=\"poem\">(taken from <a title=\"In Flanders Fields\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greatwar.co.uk\/poems\/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.greatwar.co.uk\/poems\/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, May 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and [&hellip;] <span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/?p=1624\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1624"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1626,"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}