{"id":204,"date":"2020-11-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poetry.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2020-11-22T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T06:00:00","slug":"twill-come-when-due","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/twill-come-when-due\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2019Twill Come When Due"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1912-11-22\/ed-1\/seq-16\/\">Rock Island Argus, November 22, 1912<\/a><\/em>.\n<em>By Rev. G. W. Laufer.<\/em>\n \n\n Despair no more, O troubled heart\n \u00a0 \u00a0 But hold this lesson true:\n The noble ship for which you wait\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Will enter port when due.\n \n Though long delayed, she cannot drift\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Beyond her path of blue;\n God\u2019s hand is on the pilot wheel\n \u00a0 \u00a0 And guides her home to you.\n \n Console your heart with balm of hope\n \u00a0 \u00a0 And what is given, do;\n When time is full, some \u201csail ahoy\u201d\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Announces her to you.\n \n When she is anchored safe at length\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Beside her pier and you,\n The bill of lading will declare\n \u00a0 \u00a0 That you have more than due.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Despair no more, O troubled heart<br \/>\n     But hold this lesson true:<br \/>\n The noble ship for which you wait<br \/>\n     Will enter port when due.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[82,252],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-city-chat","tag-rev-g-w-laufer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","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=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}