{"id":9273,"date":"2023-04-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9273"},"modified":"2023-04-22T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T05:00:00","slug":"have-i-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/have-i-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Have I Failed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn91064011\/1915-04-22\/ed-1\/seq-14\/\">Newark Evening Star, April 22, 1915<\/a>. By S. E. Kiser.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I have worked and I have won<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain pleasing victories;<br\/>If the things that I have done<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be not heard of overseas,<br\/>Or their merits be denied<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or unnoticed by the crowd,<br\/>Still, to me they have supplied<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Moments when my heart was proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I have loved and I have heard<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her who seemed angelic say<br\/>Tenderly the golden word<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That swept all my doubts away;<br\/>Though the world may never look<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For such worth as I have had,<br\/>Or perceive my little nook,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have filled it and been glad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I have seen her child and mine<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sleeping in her proud embrace;<br\/>If my gifts be not divine,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nor my place a lofty place,<br\/>I have worked and hoped and won<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All the love a man may claim.<br\/>Have I failed if I have done<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Naught to bring me wealth or fame?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Newark Evening Star, April 22, 1915. By S. E. Kiser. I have worked and I have won&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain pleasing victories;If the things that I have done&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be not heard of overseas,Or their merits be denied&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or unnoticed by the crowd,Still, to me they have supplied&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Moments when my heart was proud. I have loved and I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[271],"class_list":["post-9273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newark-evening-star","category-newspapers","tag-s-e-kiser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9273","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=9273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}