{"id":6,"date":"1994-11-19T23:38:16","date_gmt":"1994-11-19T23:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:28:26","slug":"streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1994\/11\/rain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1994\/11\/rain.png\" alt=\"Rainy streets in Edinburgh\" class=\"wp-image-1152\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1994\/11\/rain.png 551w, http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1994\/11\/rain-228x300.png 228w, http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1994\/11\/rain-455x600.png 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Dark wet wandering course of toil<br \/>\nLaid upon our native soil<br \/>\nMonument of forgotten hope<br \/>\nGuiding chain where once was rope<br \/>\nAround the neck of honest right<br \/>\nOf ways to reach the coming night<br \/>\nOn streets a symbol of deliverance<br \/>\nNamed in desperate significance.<br \/>\nDestinations yet uncertain<br \/>\nFamiliar force of occupation<br \/>\nWithin the sanctuary of our pride<br \/>\nOur new found voice, the coming tide<br \/>\nOf insignificance undeserved<br \/>\nJock Tamson\u2019s bairns unpreserved<br \/>\nAmong the gathered sycophants<br \/>\nWho are the crude inhabitants.<br \/>\nSussex, Surrey, Gloucestershire<br \/>\nThe London fog uprooted mire<br \/>\nThe fashion conscious take the floor<br \/>\nObscurity behind the door<br \/>\nWhere once the lion rampant flew<br \/>\nA sickened beast, red white and blue<br \/>\nSo raise the voice in noble lede<br \/>\nAnd remember those among our deid.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark wet wandering course of toil Laid upon our native soil Monument of forgotten hope Guiding chain where once was rope Around the neck of honest right Of ways to reach the coming night On streets a symbol of deliverance Named in desperate significance. Destinations yet uncertain Familiar force of occupation Within the sanctuary of&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/?p=6\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bardachd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/childofthemist.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}