{"id":142,"date":"2016-02-10T04:04:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T04:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catylou.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:12:01","slug":"the-pauper-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"The Pauper Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The doors to the chapel were draped in black<\/p>\n<p>Turned down low were all the amber lights<\/p>\n<p>Sweet soft music now being played<\/p>\n<p>Final resting place in this lovely glade<\/p>\n<p>A bucolic setting fit for queen and kings<\/p>\n<p>Yet today a lonely pauper was being laid<\/p>\n<p>Laid to rest in this chapel\u2019s bright garden<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the famous writers and poets like the Bard<\/p>\n<p>A pauper whose only claim to fame<\/p>\n<p>Was that he had been a true and honest man<\/p>\n<p>A simple example of what God had intended<\/p>\n<p>When He likened us to his humble son<\/p>\n<p>Goodness and mercy followed this pauper man<\/p>\n<p>A shining example that we all can understand<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Rule was his beacon of light<\/p>\n<p>And helping others to see what is right<\/p>\n<p>The glory and heavens<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for the pauper man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The doors to the chapel were draped in black Turned down low were all the amber lights Sweet soft music now being played Final resting place in this lovely glade A bucolic setting fit for queen and kings Yet today a lonely pauper was being laid Laid to rest in this chapel\u2019s bright garden Amongst &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/catylou.com\/?p=142\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Pauper Man<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}