{"id":8584,"date":"2022-10-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8584"},"modified":"2022-10-30T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T05:00:00","slug":"a-michigan-lament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/a-michigan-lament\/","title":{"rendered":"A Michigan Lament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn91064011\/1914-10-30\/ed-1\/seq-14\/\">Newark Evening Star, October 30, 1914<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Let the flowers die by the wayside,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For why should they live while I<br\/>Am dying of love unrequited<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With a tear in my hazel eye?<br\/>As I laid my fair head on his bosom,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And put my small hand in his hand,<br\/>I detected the odor of perfume\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I knew it was Natalie\u2019s brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>O, the birdies are resting in treetops,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The insects are wooing in flowers,<br\/>Girls are dreaming behind counters in city shops,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While grief, bitter grief, fills my hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>O, Natalie, Natalie, Natalie,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How could you treat me so?<br\/>That little spray of perfumery<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Has ruined a young life with woe.<br\/>And soon the black Kalamazoo river,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With the stars shining brightly above,<br\/>Will be the white shroud of a maiden<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Who could not live without love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Newark Evening Star, October 30, 1914. Let the flowers die by the wayside,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For why should they live while IAm dying of love unrequited&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With a tear in my hazel eye?As I laid my fair head on his bosom,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And put my small hand in his hand,I detected the odor of perfume\u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I knew it was Natalie\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newark-evening-star","category-newspapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8584","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=8584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}