{"id":8267,"date":"2022-06-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8267"},"modified":"2022-06-05T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T05:00:00","slug":"before-the-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/before-the-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1914-06-05\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">Rock Island Argus, June 5, 1914<\/a>. By Henry Howland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Stay, you that proudly plan to dare<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And you that seek to do:<br\/>Before you hurry forth to try<br\/>To proudly plant your standard high,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An honest word with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Who seeks to raise himself above<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The level of the crowd<br\/>Must drag through many a slough of woe<br\/>And suffer many a blinding blow<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And oft sit humbly bowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>For every little gain he makes<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Who tries to take the lead<br\/>A hundred disappointments leave<br\/>Their impress on him; to achieve<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The heart must often bleed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Stay, you that plan to gain renown<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or play a splendid part:<br\/>Ten thousand sore discouragements<br\/>Upon your heart shall leave their dents<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Before you get a start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Rock Island Argus, June 5, 1914. By Henry Howland. Stay, you that proudly plan to dare&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And you that seek to do:Before you hurry forth to tryTo proudly plant your standard high,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An honest word with you. Who seeks to raise himself above&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The level of the crowdMust drag through many a slough of woeAnd suffer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-8267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-henry-howland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8267","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=8267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}