{"id":22,"date":"2014-03-02T23:33:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T23:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donagh.macdonagh.net\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2014-03-02T23:34:02","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T23:34:02","slug":"a-warning-to-conquerors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/donagh.macdonagh.net\/?page_id=22","title":{"rendered":"A Warning to Conquerors"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Warning to Conquerors<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the country of the Norman tower<\/center>
The graceless keep, the bleak and slitted eye<\/center>
Where fear drove comfort out; straw on the floor<\/center>
Was price of conquering security.<\/center>
\u00a0<\/center>
<\/center>
They came and won, and then for centuries<\/center>
Stood to their arms; the face grew bleak and lengthened<\/center>
In the night vigil, while their foes at ease<\/center>
Sang of the strangers and the towers they strengthened.<\/center>
\u00a0<\/center>
<\/center>
Ragweed and thistle hold the Norman field<\/center>
And cows the hall where Gaelic never rang<\/center>
Melodiously to harp or spinning-wheel.<\/center>
Their songs are spent now with the voice that sang;<\/center>
\u00a0<\/center>
<\/center>
And lost their conquest. This soft land quietly<\/center>
Engulfed them like the Saxon and the Dane<\/center>
But kept the jutted brow, the slitted eye-<\/center>
Only the faces and the names remain.<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Warning to Conquerors This is the country of the Norman towerThe graceless keep, the bleak and slitted eyeWhere fear drove comfort out; straw on the floorWas price of conquering security.\u00a0They came and won, and then for centuriesStood to their arms; the face grew bleak and lengthenedIn the night vigil, while their foes at easeSang of the strangers and the towers they strengthened.\u00a0Ragweed and thistle hold the Norman fieldAnd cows the hall where Gaelic never rangMelodiously to harp or spinning-wheel.Their songs are spent now with the voice that sang;\u00a0And lost their conquest. This soft land quietlyEngulfed them like the Saxon and the DaneBut kept the jutted brow, the slitted eye-Only the faces and the names remain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nA Warning to Conquerors - Donagh MacDonagh<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/donagh.macdonagh.net\/?page_id=22\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Warning to Conquerors - Donagh MacDonagh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Warning to Conquerors This is the country of the Norman towerThe graceless keep, the bleak and slitted eyeWhere fear drove comfort out; straw on the floorWas price of conquering security.\u00a0They came and won, and then for centuriesStood to their arms; the face grew bleak and lengthenedIn the night vigil, while their foes at easeSang of the strangers and the towers they strengthened.\u00a0Ragweed and thistle hold the Norman fieldAnd cows the hall where Gaelic never rangMelodiously to harp or spinning-wheel.Their songs are spent now with the voice that sang;\u00a0And lost their conquest. 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