{"id":9216,"date":"2023-03-11T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9216"},"modified":"2023-03-11T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T06:00:00","slug":"the-gunmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-gunmen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gunmen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83045462\/1915-03-11\/ed-1\/seq-6\/\">Evening Star, March 11, 1915<\/a>. By Philander Johnson.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had this old world going,\u201d<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Said the sad philanthropist,<br\/>\u201cToward the milk and honey flowing,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With no sorrows on the list;<br\/>We had pictures fair and buildings,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the work seemed nobly done<br\/>With its carvings and its gildings\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Then somebody pulled a gun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had ships that sailed the ocean<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With a majesty serene,<br\/>Till a strange and fierce commotion<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scattered terror o\u2019er the scene.<br\/>We went forth beyond the setting<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the rising of the sun<br\/>In our giving and our getting\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Then somebody pulled a gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We had hopes for youth to cherish;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We had pride to solace age.<br\/>Now ideals all swiftly perish,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Melted in a blast of rage.<br\/>We were planning a tomorrow<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When a victory should be won<br\/>That would conquer every sorrow\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Then somebody pulled a gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Evening Star, March 11, 1915. By Philander Johnson. \u201cWe had this old world going,\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Said the sad philanthropist,\u201cToward the milk and honey flowing,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With no sorrows on the list;We had pictures fair and buildings,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the work seemed nobly doneWith its carvings and its gildings\u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Then somebody pulled a gun! \u201cWe had ships that sailed the ocean&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,3],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-9216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evening-star","category-newspapers","tag-philander-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216","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=9216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}