{"id":310,"date":"2017-12-09T11:19:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2017-12-09T11:20:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:20:02","slug":"310-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/?page_id=310","title":{"rendered":"The Last Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Last Battle <\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">If it should be that I grow frail and weak<br \/>\nAnd pain should keep me from my sleep,<br \/>\nThen will you do what must be done,<br \/>\nFor this &#8212; the last battle &#8212; can&#8217;t be won.<br \/>\nYou will be sad I understand,<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t let grief then stay your hand,<br \/>\nFor on this day, more than the rest,<br \/>\nYour love and friendship must stand the test.<br \/>\nWe have had so many happy years,<br \/>\nYou wouldn&#8217;t want me to suffer so.<br \/>\nWhen the time comes, please, let me go.<br \/>\nTake me to where to my needs they&#8217;ll tend,<br \/>\nOnly, stay with me till the end<br \/>\nAnd hold me firm and speak to me<br \/>\nUntil my eyes no longer see.<br \/>\nI know in time you will agree<br \/>\nIt is a kindness you do to me.<br \/>\nAlthough my tail its last has waved,<br \/>\nFrom pain and suffering I have been saved.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t grieve that it must be you<br \/>\nWho has to decide this thing to do;<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been so close &#8212; we two &#8212; these years,<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t let your heart hold any tears.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&#8212; Unknown\u00a0 I believe this was by Mary Pringle, but I could be wrong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Last Battle If it should be that I grow frail and weak And pain should keep me from my sleep, Then will you do what must be done, For this &#8212; the last battle &#8212; can&#8217;t be won. You will be sad I understand, But don&#8217;t let grief then stay your hand, For on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.walkies.org.uk\/dogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}