{"id":8452,"date":"2022-09-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2022-09-13T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T05:00:00","slug":"lullaby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/lullaby\/","title":{"rendered":"Lullaby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83030272\/1914-09-13\/ed-1\/seq-33\/\">The Sun, September 13, 1914<\/a>. By McLandburgh Wilson.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Europe\u2019s lands are filled with soldiers,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Only one is safe and nigh;<br\/>Go to sleep, my little baby,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere the bolts of battle fly<br\/>And destroy the magic country<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where the Sand Man\u2019s beaches lie.<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hushaby!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Europe\u2019s clouds are filled with fighting,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Only one is safe to try;<br\/>Go to sleep, my little baby,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere the navies of the sky<br\/>Shall destroy the sunset towers<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Marking Sleepytown on high.<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hushaby!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Europe\u2019s seas are red with conquest,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Only one no foe may spy;<br\/>Go to sleep, my little baby,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere the warships grim reply<br\/>And awake the drowsy waters<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where the Slumber sea makes sigh.<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hushaby!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Sun, September 13, 1914. By McLandburgh Wilson. Europe\u2019s lands are filled with soldiers,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Only one is safe and nigh;Go to sleep, my little baby,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere the bolts of battle flyAnd destroy the magic country&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where the Sand Man\u2019s beaches lie.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hushaby! Europe\u2019s clouds are filled with fighting,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Only one is safe to try;Go to sleep, my little baby,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[235],"class_list":["post-8452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-sun","tag-mclandburgh-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452","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=8452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}