{"id":18807,"date":"2025-04-25T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/?p=18807"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:42:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:42:43","slug":"st-georges-day-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/?p=18807","title":{"rendered":"St George&#8217;s Day &#8211; a poem"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18807\" class=\"elementor elementor-18807\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac3eb9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ac3eb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8ae79b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8ae79b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A poem for St George's day <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b508e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99b508e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Virginia Smith<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319a086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"319a086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/st-george.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18813 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/st-george-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/st-george-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/st-george-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/st-george.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Today, today\u2019s St George\u2019s Day<br \/>And all we English shout \u201cHooray\u201d<br \/>A heroic saint who liked to ride<br \/>A trusty weapon by his side.<br \/>He always sought some maid to save<br \/>From some dragon\u2019s dismal cave.<br \/>The dragon might breathe smoke and fire.<br \/>Which did no harm to G\u2019s attire<br \/>Although at times it singed his hair<br \/>But our brave saint did not despair.<br \/>He knew his sword would do the trick,<br \/>And pierce that dragon to the quick.<br \/>And then gently take the maid on board<br \/>Having carefully sheathed his bloody sword<br \/>And off they\u2019d ride with battle done,<br \/>And George would think his life was fun.<br \/>It\u2019s all a myth some people claim,<br \/>But they\u2019re just jealous of his fame!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem for St George&#8217;s day By Virginia Smith Today, today\u2019s St George\u2019s DayAnd all we English shout \u201cHooray\u201dA heroic saint who liked to rideA trusty weapon by his side.He always sought some maid to saveFrom some dragon\u2019s dismal cave.The dragon might breathe smoke and fire.Which did no harm to G\u2019s attireAlthough at times it &hellip; 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