{"id":65348,"date":"2024-11-09T09:40:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T09:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=65348"},"modified":"2024-11-09T09:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T09:56:01","slug":"a-churchman-who-hunts-foxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/11\/a-churchman-who-hunts-foxes\/","title":{"rendered":"A churchman who hunts foxes and hares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Dorset we hear<br \/>\nFor wild souls  it\u2019s clear<br \/>\nA churchman spits fire<br \/>\nRides out hunting our friends<br \/>\nThe torturing evils of haranguing wild souls<br \/>\nFrom his pulpit of sacredness<br \/>\nExerting controls<br \/>\nRiding alongside the torturing classes<br \/>\nBloodied and ugly somehow he passes<br \/>\nFor heavenly scriptures<br \/>\nFor sacredness he<br \/>\nEnjoys the ravages<br \/>\nHis complacency<\/p>\n<p>How can the church know this pastime of hunting<br \/>\nCruelty heralded subsequently<br \/>\nA man of the cloth goes riding with huntsman<br \/>\nShares in the suffering<br \/>\nImagining he<br \/>\nNeeds the blood lust and fearfulness<br \/>\nAll the law breaking<br \/>\nHunting with dogs<br \/>\nA blood sport of Ill<br \/>\nThe saboteurs all  have witnessed the darkness<br \/>\nWildness chased and torn<br \/>\nAs it\u2019s wild blood doth spill<\/p>\n<p>In the forests and woods<br \/>\nOn the plains green and peaceful<br \/>\nMany a wild soul frequents the true earth<br \/>\nFamilies of foxes and hares live wild lives such stresses<br \/>\nFeeding their families witnessing birth<br \/>\nThe galloping steeds and the cries of the chasers<br \/>\nHot breath in cold air<br \/>\nThe hunters are heard<br \/>\nAlong with a churchman lustful and wanting<br \/>\nA blood spattered end  to what does sound absurd<\/p>\n<p>There are laws in this country<br \/>\nWe the believers<br \/>\nWild souls live quietly<br \/>\nThey roam silently<br \/>\nFamilies who hunt in the night<br \/>\nSilent warriors<br \/>\nEyes glowing hearts beating<br \/>\nMake their own light<br \/>\nClad in the hunting gear<br \/>\nWhips to the ready and<br \/>\nHearts racing whilst chasing<br \/>\nWhat they see as foe<br \/>\nHow can this happen<br \/>\nThe Church of England<br \/>\nTurns it\u2019s blind eyes<br \/>\nAs the death knell doth grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Dorset we hear For wild souls it\u2019s clear A churchman spits fire Rides out hunting our friends The torturing evils of haranguing wild souls From his pulpit of sacredness Exerting controls Riding alongside the torturing classes Bloodied and ugly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/11\/a-churchman-who-hunts-foxes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[749,344,216,293,603,671,107,377,316,114,189,101,272,102,770],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-country-tale","category-abandonment","category-animal-sacrifice","category-arrogance-and-dieoffs","category-criminality","category-cub-hunting","category-dogs","category-duty-of-care-was-never-there","category-forests-and-wild-places","category-fox-hunting","category-foxes","category-furs-and-the-fur-industry","category-hares-and-red-grouse","category-hunting-and-poaching-includes-canned-hunts","category-the-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65351,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65348\/revisions\/65351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}