{"id":8275,"date":"2022-06-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2022-06-10T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T05:00:00","slug":"to-a-little-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/to-a-little-child\/","title":{"rendered":"To a Little Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1914-06-10\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">Rock Island Argus, June 10, 1914<\/a>. By Henry Howland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I stand and wonder, looking down at you;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The world, all unexplored, before you lies;<br\/>Who knows what Fate may summon you to do,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To what high summit you may proudly rise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>It may be that words written by your pen<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shall live as long as art has power to please;<br\/>You may be called to lead and govern men,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Great ships may bear your flag o\u2019er many seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The might that Caesar won you may surpass,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Raphael\u2019s brush may e\u2019en descend to you;<br\/>It may be that your name in shining brass<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shall claim the love of all who pause to view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Napoleon and Shakespeare may be thrown<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Within the shadow you shall some day cast;<br\/>But probably you\u2019ll live to grieve and groan,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And get a mere three-line \u201cobit\u201d at last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Rock Island Argus, June 10, 1914. By Henry Howland. I stand and wonder, looking down at you;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The world, all unexplored, before you lies;Who knows what Fate may summon you to do,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To what high summit you may proudly rise? It may be that words written by your pen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shall live as long as art has [&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-8275","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\/8275","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=8275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}