{"id":7612,"date":"2021-11-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7612"},"modified":"2021-11-02T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T05:00:00","slug":"the-man-who-had-no-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-man-who-had-no-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Who Had No Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the <\/em>Evening Star, November 2, 1913<\/em><\/a>. By S. E. Kiser.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used to fret because I thought
    My chances were so few;
It seemed to me that there was not
    Much left for me to do;
The splendid things had all been done\u2014
    At least I thought they had\u2014
I craved a chance, and finding none,
    Considered matters bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used to list myself with those
    Who had been born too late;
I had no reason to suppose
    I might be rich or great;
No chance at all remained for me\u2014
    At least, it seemed so then\u2014
To win renown or worthily
    Rise o\u2019er my fellow men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great things had been done before
    I came upon the scene;
There was no chance for me to score,
    My fate was poor and mean;
I often hopelessly complained
    As I reviewed the case,
Because no chance for me remained
    To serve the human race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, as I look back I find
    Myself despondent still;
I am distressed in heart and mind,
    I claim no happy thrill;
Condemned to shiver in the cold,
    I cannot now resist
Sad memories as I behold
    The chances I have missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Evening Star, November 2, 1913. By S. E. Kiser. I used to fret because I thought    My chances were so few;It seemed to me that there was not    Much left for me to do;The splendid things had all been done\u2014    At least I thought they had\u2014I craved a chance, and […]<\/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":[271],"class_list":["post-7612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evening-star","category-newspapers","tag-s-e-kiser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612","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=7612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}