{"id":102598,"date":"2021-05-31T09:10:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T13:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=102598"},"modified":"2021-05-31T11:14:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:14:31","slug":"more-poetry-for-memorial-day-laurence-binyons-for-the-fallen-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=102598","title":{"rendered":"More Poetry for Memorial Day&#8211;Laurence Binyon&#8217;s For the Fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal<br \/>\nSings sorrow up into immortal spheres,<br \/>\nThere is music in the midst of desolation<br \/>\nAnd a glory that shines upon our tears.<\/p>\n<p>They went with songs to the battle, they were young,<br \/>\nStraight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.<br \/>\nThey were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;<br \/>\nThey fell with their faces to the foe.<\/p>\n<p>They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:<br \/>\nAge shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.<br \/>\nAt the going down of the sun and in the morning<br \/>\nWe will remember them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/57322\/for-the-fallen\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today we commemorate Memorial Day and honor the sacrifices of all those who ensured the freedom we enjoy today. We will never forget. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HonorThem?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HonorThem<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GP8y3GMgpb\">pic.twitter.com\/GP8y3GMgpb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Department of Defense &#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; (@DeptofDefense) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense\/status\/1399214059225030658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears. They went with songs to the battle, they were young,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=102598\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[438,106,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death-burial-funerals","category-military-armed-forces","category-poetry-literature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102601,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102598\/revisions\/102601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}