{"id":7267,"date":"2021-07-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7267"},"modified":"2021-07-12T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T05:00:00","slug":"be-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/be-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83045462\/1913-07-12\/ed-1\/seq-28\/\"><em>Evening Star, July 12, 1913<\/em><\/a><em>. By Walt Mason.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all must have our evil days\u2014that is the earthly plan; and when you\u2019re treading rocky ways be patient as you can. For if, in brooding o\u2019er your ills, you spend the dragging time, and if you count the weary hills you know you yet must climb, you\u2019re pretty sure to overlook the good things on your way; the bank of flowers, the singing brook, the meadow sweet with hay. You hear the ravens croak and squawk as you pursue the trail; but if you listen as you walk, you\u2019ll hear the nightingale. The brambles have your garments torn and multiplied your woes; but if you look, near every thorn you\u2019ll doubtless find a rose. The clouds are banking in the west, you see the lightning\u2019s gleam, but there\u2019s an inn where pilgrims rest beside the fire and dream. \u201cThe night is closing cold and damp, and I am lost,\u201d you moan; but in some window there\u2019s a lamp that burns for you alone. And if we\u2019re wise we all can sense the joy beyond the care; there always is a recompense for every grief we bear. So when a rough and dreary road and frowning sky we scan, let\u2019s stand up straight beneath our load\u2014be patient as we can!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all must have our evil days\u2014that is the earthly plan; and when you\u2019re treading rocky ways be patient as you can.<\/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":[307],"class_list":["post-7267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evening-star","category-newspapers","tag-walt-mason"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267","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=7267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}