{"id":9166,"date":"2023-02-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9166"},"modified":"2023-02-05T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T06:00:00","slug":"in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85042354\/1915-02-05\/ed-1\/seq-2\/\">Evening Journal, February 5, 1915<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>How long he struggled against disease,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That baffled skill and care;<br\/>How long he lingered, racked with pain,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And suffering hard to bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hour by hour we saw him fade,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And slowly sink away,<br\/>Yet in our hearts we prayed<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That he might longer stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>His willing hands are folded<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His toils on earth are done;<br\/>His troubles are all ended,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His heavenly crown is won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Oft we wander to the graveyard,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Flowers to place with loving care;<br\/>On the grave of our dear father,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Who so sweetly sleepeth there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Evening Journal, February 5, 1915. How long he struggled against disease,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That baffled skill and care;How long he lingered, racked with pain,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And suffering hard to bear. Hour by hour we saw him fade,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And slowly sink away,Yet in our hearts we prayed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That he might longer stay. His willing hands are folded&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His toils on earth are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evening-journal","category-newspapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166","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=9166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}