{"id":9421,"date":"2023-06-26T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9421"},"modified":"2023-06-26T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T05:00:00","slug":"the-master-of-his-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-master-of-his-fate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Master of His Fate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85038485\/1915-06-26\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">The Birmingham Age Herald, June 26, 1915<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>He met each day serenely,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Without a trace of care;<br\/>The weather seemed to suit him,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If rainy \u2019twas or fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>He ne\u2019er was heard complaining<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That fate had used him wrong;<br\/>The hills around re-echoed<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The music of his song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>His ways were rough and ready,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His clothes were common, too;<br\/>But he would soon be wealthy,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As everybody knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>And on his mighty shoulders<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Life\u2019s burdens lightly lay;<br\/>He owned a small repair shop<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon a broad highway<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Where motor cars disabled<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Were mended in a trice,<br\/>And, free from competition<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He charged a fancy price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Birmingham Age Herald, June 26, 1915. He met each day serenely,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Without a trace of care;The weather seemed to suit him,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If rainy \u2019twas or fair. He ne\u2019er was heard complaining&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That fate had used him wrong;The hills around re-echoed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The music of his song. His ways were rough and ready,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His clothes were common, too;But he would [&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":[],"class_list":["post-9421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-birmingham-age-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9421","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=9421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}