{"id":209,"date":"2009-09-01T12:18:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T20:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.easterbunnyfun.net\/?p=209"},"modified":"2014-03-30T18:35:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T01:35:55","slug":"holy-thursday-twas-on-a-holy-thursday-their-innocent-faces-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/easter\/poems\/holy-thursday-twas-on-a-holy-thursday-their-innocent-faces-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Thursday: &#8216;Twas on a Holy Thursday, Their Innocent Faces Clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-snk-default wp-image-5047\" alt=\"CrossNearWater\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/easter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/CrossNearWater-550x363.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"363\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">By William Blake<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">&#8216;Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean,<br \/>\nThe children walking two and two, in red and blue and green,<br \/>\nGrey-headed beadles walk&#8217;d before, with wands as white as snow,<br \/>\nTill into the high dome of Paul&#8217;s they like Thames&#8217; 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