{"id":7242,"date":"2021-06-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7242"},"modified":"2021-06-30T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:00:00","slug":"the-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-disappointed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disappointed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn99021999\/1913-06-30\/ed-1\/seq-7\/\"><em>Omaha Daily Bee, June 30, 1913<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\n <em>By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<\/em>\n \n\n There are songs enough for the hero\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Who dwells on the heights of fame;\n I sing for the disappointed\u2014\n &nbsp; &nbsp; For those who have missed their aim.\n \n I sing with a tearful cadence\n &nbsp; &nbsp; For one who stands in the dark,\n And knows that his last, best arrow\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Has bounded back from the mark.\n \n I sing for the breathless runner,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; The eager, anxious soul,\n Who falls with his strength exhausted\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Almost in sight of the goal.\n \n For the hearts that break in silence,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; With a sorrow all unknown,\n For those who need companions,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Yet walk their ways alone.\n \n There are songs enough for the lovers\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Who share love\u2019s tender pain;\n I sing for the one whose passion\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Is given all in vain.\n \n For those whose spirit comrades\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Have missed them on their way,\n I sing, with a heart o\u2019erflowing,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; This minor strain today.\n \n And I know the Solar System\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Must somewhere keep in space\n A prize for that spent runner\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Who barely lost the race.\n \n For the plan would be imperfect\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Unless it held some sphere\n That paid for the toil and talent\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And love that are wasted here.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> There are songs enough for the hero<br \/>\n     Who dwells on the heights of fame;<br \/>\n I sing for the disappointed\u2014<br \/>\n     For those who have missed their aim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-7242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-omaha-daily-bee","tag-ella-wheeler-wilcox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7242","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=7242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}