{"id":13,"date":"2020-12-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poetry.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2020-12-15T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T01:00:00","slug":"the-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"The Builders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83030214\/1912-12-15\/ed-1\/seq-64\/\">New York Tribune, December 15, 1912<\/a>. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.<\/em>\n \n\nAll are architects of Fate,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Working in these walls of Time;\nSome with massive deeds and great,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Some with ornaments of rhyme.\n \nNo thing useless is, or low;\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Each thing in its place is best;\nAnd what seems but idle show\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Strengthens and supports the rest.\n \nFor the structure that we raise\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Time is with materials filled;\n Our todays and yesterdays\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Are the blocks with which we build.\n \nTruly shape and fashion these;\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Leave no yawning gaps between;\nThink not because no man sees,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Such things will remain unseen.\n \nIn the elder days of art\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Builders wrought with greatest care\nEach minute and unseen part;\n &nbsp; &nbsp; For the gods see everywhere.\n \nLet us do our work as well,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Both the unseen and the seen;\nMake the house where gods may dwell\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Beautiful, entire, clean.\n \nElse, our lives are incomplete,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Standing in these walls of Time,\nBroken stairways, where the feet\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Stumble as they seek to climb.\n \nBuild today, then, strong and sure,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; With a firm and ample base;\nAnd ascending and secure\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Shall tomorrow find its place.\n \n\nThus alone can we attain\n &nbsp; &nbsp; To those turrets where the eye\nSees the world as one vast plain\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And one boundless reach of sky.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All are architects of Fate,<br \/>\n     Working in these walls of Time;<br \/>\nSome with massive deeds and great,<br \/>\n     Some with ornaments of rhyme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,3],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york-tribune","category-newspapers","tag-henry-wadsworth-longfellow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}