{"id":8168,"date":"2022-05-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8168"},"modified":"2022-05-10T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T05:00:00","slug":"make-the-answers-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/make-the-answers-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the Answers Right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85038615\/1914-05-10\/ed-1\/seq-22\/\"><em>The Times Dispatch, May 10, 1914<\/em><\/a><em>. By H. D. C. MacLachlan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A little child with lessons all unlearned,<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; And problems all unsolved, before me stands.<br>With tired, puzzled face to me upturned,<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; She holds her slate within her outstretched hands.<br>\u201cMy sums are hard; I cannot think tonight;<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Dear Father, won\u2019t you make the answers right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so I come to Thee, O Father dear;<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; My lessons are so hard, my brain so weak;<br>Life\u2019s problems are unsolved, my way not clear,<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; The answers wrong. Thy wisdom I would seek;<br>I am so tired and sad and worn tonight\u2014<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Oh, take my life and make the answers right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Times Dispatch, May 10, 1914. By H. D. C. MacLachlan. A little child with lessons all unlearned,&nbsp; &nbsp; And problems all unsolved, before me stands.With tired, puzzled face to me upturned,&nbsp; &nbsp; She holds her slate within her outstretched hands.\u201cMy sums are hard; I cannot think tonight;&nbsp; &nbsp; Dear Father, won\u2019t you make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-8168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-times-dispatch","tag-h-d-c-maclachlan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168","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=8168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}