{"id":9175,"date":"2023-02-14T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9175"},"modified":"2023-02-14T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T06:00:00","slug":"psyche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/psyche\/","title":{"rendered":"Psyche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85038485\/1915-02-14\/ed-1\/seq-24\/\">The Birmingham Age Herald, February 14, 1915<\/a>. By Bliss Carman.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Tender as the wind of summer<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That wanders among the flowers,<br\/>Down worldly aisles with enchanted smiles<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She leads the mysterious hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>This is immortal Psyche,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The winged soul of man\u2014<br\/>Ardor unspent and innocent<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As when the world began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Out of the ancient silence<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Over the darkling earth,<br\/>As streamers swim on the sunrise rim,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She moves between sorrow and mirth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The impulse of things eternal,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The transport hidden in clay,<br\/>Like a dancing beam on a noonday stream<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She signals along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Her feet are poised over peril,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her eyes are familiar with death,<br\/>Her radiant wings are daring things,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frail as the beat of a breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Over the ocean of being,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In her gay, incredible flight,<br\/>See her float and run in the gold of the sun<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Down to the gates of night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The storm may darken above her,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The surges thunder below,<br\/>But on through a rift where the gold lights drift,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Still she will dancing go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Treasuring things forgotten,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As dreams and destinies fade;<br\/>Spirit of truth and ageless youth<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She laughs and is not afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Birmingham Age Herald, February 14, 1915. By Bliss Carman. Tender as the wind of summer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That wanders among the flowers,Down worldly aisles with enchanted smiles&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She leads the mysterious hours. This is immortal Psyche,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The winged soul of man\u2014Ardor unspent and innocent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As when the world began. Out of the ancient silence&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Over the darkling earth,As streamers swim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-9175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-birmingham-age-herald","tag-bliss-carman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9175","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=9175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}