{"id":8454,"date":"2022-09-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8454"},"modified":"2022-09-15T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T05:00:00","slug":"when-you-are-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/when-you-are-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Are Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1914-09-15\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">Rock Island Argus, September 15, 1914<\/a>. By Henry Howland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s easy to be boasting when all your ventures pay;<br\/>It\u2019s easy to be cheerful when good things come your way;<br\/>It\u2019s easy to speak proudly to every one you meet,<br\/>Except when you are feeling the bruises of defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s easy to talk bravely when danger is not near;<br\/>It\u2019s easy to have courage when there is naught to fear;<br\/>It\u2019s easy to be boasting when you are safe ashore,<br\/>That you hear only music when angry billows roar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s easy to cry, \u201cCoward\u201d\u2014when you have not been tried\u2014<br\/>At him who runs from danger, forgetting manly pride;<br\/>It\u2019s easy to be telling how fearless you would be<br\/>When all is peaceful round you, as far as you can see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Rock Island Argus, September 15, 1914. By Henry Howland. It\u2019s easy to be boasting when all your ventures pay;It\u2019s easy to be cheerful when good things come your way;It\u2019s easy to speak proudly to every one you meet,Except when you are feeling the bruises of defeat. It\u2019s easy to talk bravely when danger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-8454","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\/8454","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=8454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}