{"id":9334,"date":"2023-05-25T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9334"},"modified":"2023-05-25T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:00:00","slug":"keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1915-05-25\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">Rock Island Argus, May 25, 1915<\/a>. By Bessie Chandler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Long ago in old Granada, when the Moors were forced to flee,<br\/>Each man locked his home behind him, taking in his flight the key;<br\/>Hopefully they watched and waited for the time to come when they<br\/>Should return from their long exile to their homes so far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>But the mansions in Granada they had left in all their prime<br\/>Vanished, as the years rolled onward, \u2018neath the crumbling touch of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Like the Moors, we all have dwellings where we vainly long to be,<br\/>And through all life\u2019s changing phases ever fast we hold the key;<br\/>Our fair country lies behind us, we are exiles, too, in truth,<br\/>For no more shall we behold her\u2014our Granada\u2019s name is Youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We have our delusive day-dreams, and rejoice when now and then<br\/>Some old heartstring stirs within us, and we feel our youth again.<br\/>\u201cWe are young!\u201d we cry triumphant, thrilled with old-time joy and glee;<br\/>Then the dream fades slowly, softly, leaving nothing but the key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Rock Island Argus, May 25, 1915. By Bessie Chandler. Long ago in old Granada, when the Moors were forced to flee,Each man locked his home behind him, taking in his flight the key;Hopefully they watched and waited for the time to come when theyShould return from their long exile to their homes so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-9334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-bessie-chandler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9334","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=9334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}