{"id":577,"date":"2021-02-14T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poetry.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=577"},"modified":"2021-02-14T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T06:00:00","slug":"ballad-of-the-games-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/ballad-of-the-games-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballad of the Game\u2019s Break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn84026749\/1913-02-14\/ed-1\/seq-15\/\"><em>The Washington Times, February 14, 1913<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\n <em>By Grantland Rice.<\/em>\n \n\n The grey wind sings its song of hate\u2014\n The white snow leads a spectral dance;\n We seek\u2014but find no Open Gate\n Through which to make a last advance;\n Lost\u2014on the Threshold of Romance\u2014\n But not as heroes come to die\u2014\n Just say for us\u2014they took a chance\n And lost\u2014without an alibi.\n \n The dusk grows deeper where we wait\n And homeward speed one final glance\u2014\n \u2019Tis easy here to curse the Fate\u2014\n The luck which broke us\u2014lance by lance;\n Around us creep the endless trance\n Of silent heart and sightless eye\u2014\n \u2019Tis but our score\u2014we took a chance\n And lost\u2014without an alibi.\n \n So, Scorer of the Final Slate\u2014\n Last Marker of each circumstance\u2014\n When at the Road\u2019s end, soon or late,\n We stand before the mystic manse\u2014\n Across the limitless expanse\n This is enough\u2014from hell to sky\u2014\n If you should write\u2014\u201cHe took a chance\n And lost\u2014without an alibi.\u201d<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The grey wind sings its song of hate\u2014<br \/>\n The white snow leads a spectral dance;<br \/>\n We seek\u2014but find no Open Gate<br \/>\n Through which to make a last advance;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,24],"tags":[144],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-washington-times","tag-grantland-rice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577","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=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}