{"id":9103,"date":"2023-01-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9103"},"modified":"2023-01-02T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T06:00:00","slug":"the-dawn-of-the-new-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-dawn-of-the-new-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dawn of the New Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the <\/em>Rock Island Argus, January 2, 1915<\/a>. By Edward Neville Vose.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old year dies \u2018mid gloom and woe\u2014
    The saddest year since Christ was born,
And those who battle in the snow
    All anxious-eyed look for the morn\u2014
The morn when wars shall be no more,
    The morn when Might shall cease to reign,
When hushed shall be the cannons\u2019 roar
    And Peace shall rule the earth again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As ye from far survey the fray
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And strive to succor those who fall,
Let each give thanks that not today
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To us the clarion bugles call\u2014
That not today to us \u2019tis said,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBow down the knee, or pay the cost
Till all ye loved are maimed or dead,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Till all ye had is wrecked and lost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should that grim summons to us come
    God grant we\u2019d all play heroes\u2019 parts,
And bravely fight for land and home
    While red blood flows in loyal hearts.
But now a duty nobler far
    Has come to us in this great day\u2014
We are the nations\u2019 guiding star,
    They look to us to lead the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They look to us to lead the way
    To liberty for all the world.
The dawning of that better day
    When war\u2019s torn banners shall be furled\u2014
The day when men of every race
    Their right divine shall clearly see
To rule themselves by their own grace,
    Forever and forever free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Rock Island Argus, January 2, 1915. By Edward Neville Vose. The old year dies \u2018mid gloom and woe\u2014    The saddest year since Christ was born,And those who battle in the snow    All anxious-eyed look for the morn\u2014The morn when wars shall be no more,    The morn when Might shall cease to reign,When hushed shall be the […]<\/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":[110],"class_list":["post-9103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-edward-neville-vose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9103","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=9103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}