{"id":8349,"date":"2022-07-07T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8349"},"modified":"2022-07-07T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T05:00:00","slug":"the-vanished-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-vanished-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vanished Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85038485\/1914-07-07\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">The Birmingham Age Herald, July 7, 1914<\/a>. By Grantland Rice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the Vanished Country<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There\u2019s a cabin in a lane,<br\/>Across the yellow sunshine<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the silver of the rain;<br\/>A cabin, summer-shaded,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where the maples whispered low<br\/>Dream stories of the world winds<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That a fellow used to know;<br\/>And it\u2019s queer that, turning gray,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Still a fellow looks away<br\/>To a land he knows has vanished<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Down the Path of Yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the Vanished Country<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There\u2019s an old-time swinging gate<br\/>Through the early dusk of summer<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where a girl has come to wait;<br\/>And her hair is like the sundrift<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;From the heart of summer skies,<br\/>While the blue of God\u2019s wide heaven<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Crowns the splendor of her eyes;<br\/>And it\u2019s queer that, turning gray,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Still a fellow looks away<br\/>To a girl he knows has vanished<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Down the Path of Yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the Vanished Country<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There\u2019s a dream that used to be<br\/>Of Fame within the city<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And a name beyond the sea;<br\/>A dream of laurel wreathings<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That came singing through the light<br\/>The story of the glory<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of the victor in the fight;<br\/>And it\u2019s queer that, worn and gray,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Still a fellow looks away<br\/>To a dream he knows has vanished<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Down the Path of Yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Birmingham Age Herald, July 7, 1914. By Grantland Rice. Back in the Vanished Country&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There\u2019s a cabin in a lane,Across the yellow sunshine&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the silver of the rain;A cabin, summer-shaded,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where the maples whispered lowDream stories of the world winds&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That a fellow used to know;And it\u2019s queer that, turning gray,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Still a fellow looks awayTo a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[144],"class_list":["post-8349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-birmingham-age-herald","tag-grantland-rice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349","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=8349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}