{"id":9438,"date":"2023-07-11T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9438"},"modified":"2023-07-11T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T05:00:00","slug":"jim-and-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/jim-and-joe\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim and Joe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From The Birmingham Age Herald, July 11, 1915<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Jim and Joe were boys together,    Knew the same swift forest streams,Roamed the same fair fields and heather    In the Land of Hope-filled Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Jim was filled with strange ambition,    Wealth he\u2019d wanted from the start;Different was Joe\u2019s condition\u2014    He wanted but a tender heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Two fair sisters soon they married\u2014    All seemed happy for a while\u2014But not long at home Jim tarried    Ere he sought Wealth\u2019s fickle smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Joe but labored through the morning,    Often, too, into the night;For his wage, the smile adorning    Wife\u2019s and baby\u2019s faces bright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Jim grew rich, and with his power    O\u2019er his fellows held a sway,But, with every passing hour    Love was stealing swift away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Soon the maid whom Jim had married    Bowed her head and smiled the less;Bravely, though, her cross she carried,    Speaking still of \u201cJim\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Wealth was theirs, all of its treasure    Theirs to gloat o\u2019er every day;Yet they\u2019d lost in greater measure\u2014    Wealth had driven love away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Joe met many sad reverses.    Unto him was fortune vile;Yet he never indulged in curses,    Rather did he seem to smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Though he hoped for fortune later,    With a faith in God above,He had found a treasure greater    In the wealth of Mary\u2019s love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Though success and wealth we\u2019re after,    Oft we\u2019re losers in the end\u2014Love makes best its own sweet laughter,    Hardship is its truest friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From The Birmingham Age Herald, July 11, 1915. Jim and Joe were boys together,    Knew the same swift forest streams,Roamed the same fair fields and heather    In the Land of Hope-filled Dreams. Jim was filled with strange ambition,    Wealth he\u2019d wanted from the start;Different was Joe\u2019s condition\u2014    He wanted but a tender heart. Two fair sisters soon they married\u2014    All […]<\/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-9438","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\/9438","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=9438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}