{"id":9120,"date":"2023-01-19T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9120"},"modified":"2023-01-19T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T06:00:00","slug":"tests-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/tests-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Tests of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn99021999\/1915-01-19\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">Omaha Daily Bee, January 19, 1915<\/a>. By Minedith Hurst.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The severest tests of the elements<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Produce the old oak tree\u2014<br\/>King\u2014with a forest\u2019s reverence,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enwrapped in majesty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Nor yet supreme, for needs must he<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maintain his monarchy.<br\/>So let the storms rage wild and free,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And winds blow wrathfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Strong characters in life evolve<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Through constant stress and pain,<br\/>And only by perpetual strife<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May they that height sustain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Omaha Daily Bee, January 19, 1915. By Minedith Hurst. The severest tests of the elements&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Produce the old oak tree\u2014King\u2014with a forest\u2019s reverence,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enwrapped in majesty. Nor yet supreme, for needs must he&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maintain his monarchy.So let the storms rage wild and free,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And winds blow wrathfully. Strong characters in life evolve&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Through constant stress and pain,And only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[236],"class_list":["post-9120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-omaha-daily-bee","tag-meredith-hurst"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9120","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=9120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}