{"id":9113,"date":"2023-01-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9113"},"modified":"2023-01-12T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T06:00:00","slug":"the-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn82016014\/1915-01-12\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">The Topeka State Journal, January 12, 1915<\/a>. By Edward H. Pfeiffer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I am a coward, that I know.<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am a nothingness, sham;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And yet withal I feel I am<br\/>Fine-chiseled as a cameo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I am a crust of slimy mire,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A slave to fear, to doubt, to shame;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And yet I feel within my flame<br\/>A soaring spark of solar fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I am a clotted, earthly clod,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A shade, a mere nonentity;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I know the beast that lurks in me,<br\/>And yet I feel that I am God!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Topeka State Journal, January 12, 1915. By Edward H. Pfeiffer. I am a coward, that I know.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am a nothingness, sham;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And yet withal I feel I amFine-chiseled as a cameo. I am a crust of slimy mire,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A slave to fear, to doubt, to shame;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And yet I feel within my flameA soaring spark of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,21],"tags":[109],"class_list":["post-9113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-topeka-state-journal","tag-edward-h-pfeiffer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9113","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=9113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}