{"id":7840,"date":"2021-12-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7840"},"modified":"2021-12-28T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T06:00:00","slug":"a-new-year-apostrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/a-new-year-apostrophe\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Year Apostrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the <\/em>Omaha Daily Bee, December 28, 1913<\/em><\/a>. By Richard Linthicum.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A baby smiles in its mother\u2019s face,
There at her breast in a soft embrace\u2014
A life beginning and all to learn;
A mother\u2019s heart that shall leap and yearn,
Teaching the dimpled feet to walk,
Teaching the honeyed mouth to talk!
O Time, make haste for the baby dear
And speed the coming of each New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A youth with the fire and blood of spring
And hope that rises on eager wing,
Thrills at the sight of a maiden\u2019s blush,
Stirring his heart with the first hot flush
Of love requited, that finds its mate
And yet but a little while must wait,
Watches and listens thy step to hear;
O speed thy coming, thou sweet New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In manhood\u2019s prime there is standing one,
And all but his greatest task is done;
Beyond his reach but before his eyes
Greatest of all is the final prize;
Yet but a little he\u2019ll hold it fast,
A year and a day \u2019twill be his last,
Conquering spirit that knows not fear,
Bidding thee hasten, O brave New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gray is the crown of a wholesome life
And peace the benison sweet of strife;
An aged man with his strength nigh spent,
With nerves a-tremble, his slight form bent,
Erect in spirit and white of soul,
With steps that falter, is near the goal;
With eyes bedimmed but a faith that\u2019s clear,
He craves but thy rest, O blest New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Omaha Daily Bee, December 28, 1913. By Richard Linthicum. A baby smiles in its mother\u2019s face,There at her breast in a soft embrace\u2014A life beginning and all to learn;A mother\u2019s heart that shall leap and yearn,Teaching the dimpled feet to walk,Teaching the honeyed mouth to talk!O Time, make haste for the baby dearAnd […]<\/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":[254],"class_list":["post-7840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-omaha-daily-bee","tag-richard-linthicum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7840","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=7840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}