{"id":249,"date":"2020-11-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poetry.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2020-11-01T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T05:00:00","slug":"compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83045462\/1912-11-01\/ed-1\/seq-6\/\">Evening Star, November 1, 1912<\/a>.\nBy Philander Johnson.<\/em>\n \n\n \u00a0 \u00a0 For the leader of a nation\n \u00a0 \u00a0 There\u2019s a wonderful elation\n When he gets the news of victory complete;\n \u00a0 \u00a0 But there\u2019s also comfort waiting\n \u00a0 \u00a0 For the man who hears them stating\n That his efforts have resulted in defeat.\n \n \u00a0 \u00a0 He can be an eight-hour sleeper,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 He can sit down to his \u201cthree per,\u201d\n Far distant from the bustle and the roar.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 It will not be found essential\n \u00a0 \u00a0 To meet people influential\n Who hammer with petitions on his door.\n \n \u00a0 \u00a0 He can play the games that please him,\n \u00a0 \u00a0 And indulge the moods that seize him\n If he wants to take a trip to foreign lands.\n \u00a0 \u00a0 He can give a cheery greeting\n \u00a0 \u00a0 To each friend he may be meeting\n And not put in the whole day shaking hands.\n \n \u00a0 \u00a0 There is joy in the endeavor\n \u00a0 \u00a0 To be powerful or clever;\n But when the struggle has been gotten through\n \u00a0 \u00a0 There is surely compensation\n \u00a0 \u00a0 In the blissful relaxation\n Of the man who hasn\u2019t very much to do.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>     For the leader of a nation<br \/>\n     There\u2019s a wonderful elation<br \/>\n When he gets the news of victory complete;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,3],"tags":[248,275],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evening-star","category-newspapers","tag-philander-johnson","tag-shooting-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249","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=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}