{"id":189,"date":"2021-02-28T20:32:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T20:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2021-02-28T20:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T20:32:48","slug":"guardian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"> \n\n <strong>The great, scaly beast, stood and he faced<\/strong>\n <strong>The waters, that burst, from the dam<\/strong>\n <strong>As he channeled his magic, the wall was replaced<\/strong>\n <strong>He was blasted by cheers, from town-woman and man<\/strong>\n \n \n <strong> Refrain<\/strong>\n <strong> And we gather to thank, the Great Sky for its gifts<\/strong>\n <strong> For this guardian solid and strong<\/strong>\n <strong> Rather than graves, for our drowned goats and kids,<\/strong>\n <strong> Our warden, he rose, to protect us from wrong<\/strong>\n \n \n <strong>He roamed far and wide, with a party of legend<\/strong>\n <strong>Many were saved, but his friends had to pay<\/strong>\n <strong>He put sorrow aside, and instead tried to mend<\/strong>\n <strong>He looked for a village, who had need of his ways<\/strong>\n \n \n <strong>Any hole could be plugged, with a stout enough cork<\/strong>\n <strong>Any dyke could be mended and smoothed<\/strong>\n <strong>He'd help mighty and rich, or the impoverished short<\/strong>\n <strong>As he knew he was needed, his ravaged heart soothed<\/strong>\n \n \n <strong> Refrain<\/strong>\n \n \n <strong>For he came to our village, a backwater ditch<\/strong>\n <strong>And he saw what great mis'ry we kept<\/strong>\n <strong>Our bedrock would constantly roil and shift<\/strong>\n <strong>Because of this curse, we died and we wept<\/strong>\n \n \n <strong>In our land, he found holes that couldn't be plugged<\/strong>\n <strong>And dams that couldn't be fixed<\/strong>\n <strong>And he knew he was needed, and with a great tortile shrug,<\/strong>\n <strong>He settled, and now, we can safely exist!<\/strong>\n \n \n <strong> Refrain x2<\/strong>\n \n\n Verse\n <strong>\/ E G A E \/ G A E - \/ E G A E \/ C D E \/ <\/strong> \n \n Refrain\n <strong>\/ C D E - \/ C D E - \/ G A E - \/ G A A E \/<\/strong> <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great, scaly beast, stood and he faced The waters, that burst, from the dam As he channeled his magic, the wall was replaced He was blasted by cheers, from<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/guardian\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}