{"id":8335,"date":"2022-07-04T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8335"},"modified":"2022-07-04T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T05:00:00","slug":"the-glorious-fourth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-glorious-fourth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glorious Fourth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the Omaha Daily Bee, July 4, 1914. By David.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019re roused from your sleep by a terrible noise<br\/>At four in the morning, you know that the boys<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Are up for the day, and sigh.<br\/>When in through the window a firecracker flies<br\/>And bursts on the floor, driving sleep from your eyes,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You know it\u2019s the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>When the cat in wild fear climbs a tree in the gale<br\/>With a bunch of firecrackers attached to her tail,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Which happens just once a year;<br\/>When Towner seeks a hole under the house<br\/>And keeps just as still as a poor frightened mouse,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Glorious Fourth is here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>When all the world leaves for the woods and the farms,<br\/>From the grey-headed sire to the infant in arms,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We never wonder why;<br\/>And when, unawares, drenching all in its train,<br\/>Out flashes the lightning and down pours the rain,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You know it\u2019s the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>When skyrockets burst and cannons explode,<br\/>Causing horses to run and upset their load,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And a general panic is nigh;<br\/>When the fire engine comes and commences to play,<br\/>And the ambulance carries the victims away,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2019Tis the Glorious Fourth of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>When the wounds are all dressed and plasters applied<br\/>To scratches and burns, which are shown with great pride<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By little Peter and John;<br\/>When each in sweet sleep has forgotten his grief,<br\/>You retire for the night with a sigh of relief.<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Glorious Fourth is gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Omaha Daily Bee, July 4, 1914. By David. When you\u2019re roused from your sleep by a terrible noiseAt four in the morning, you know that the boys&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Are up for the day, and sigh.When in through the window a firecracker fliesAnd bursts on the floor, driving sleep from your eyes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You know it\u2019s the Fourth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-8335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-omaha-daily-bee","tag-david"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335","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=8335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}