{"id":9603,"date":"2023-08-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9603"},"modified":"2023-08-06T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:00:00","slug":"say-it-now-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/say-it-now-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Say It Now Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn89074405\/1915-08-06\/ed-1\/seq-3\/\">Grand Forks Daily Herald, August 6, 1915<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>When I am dead, forget me dear,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For I shall never know,<br\/>Though o\u2019er my cold and lifeless hands<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your burning tears should flow.<br\/>I\u2019ll cancel with my living voice<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The debt you\u2019ll owe the dead\u2014<br\/>Give me the love you\u2019d show me then,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But give it now instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>And bring no wreaths to deck my grave,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For I shall never care,<br\/>Though all the flowers I love the most<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Should grow and wither there.<br\/>I\u2019ll sell my chance of all the flowers<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You\u2019ll lavish when I\u2019m dead,<br\/>For one small batch of violets now\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So give me that instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>What saints we are when we are dead,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But what\u2019s the use for me<br\/>Of praise that\u2019s written on a tomb<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For other eyes to see?<br\/>One simple little word of praise<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By lips we worship said,<br\/>Is worth a hundred epitaphs\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear, say it now instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>And faults that now are hard to bear<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oblivion then shall win.<br\/>Our sins are soon forgiven us<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When we no more can sin.<br\/>But any bitter thought of me\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Keep it till I am dead;<br\/>I shall not know; I shall not care;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Say it then, instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Grand Forks Daily Herald, August 6, 1915. When I am dead, forget me dear,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For I shall never know,Though o\u2019er my cold and lifeless hands&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your burning tears should flow.I\u2019ll cancel with my living voice&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The debt you\u2019ll owe the dead\u2014Give me the love you\u2019d show me then,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But give it now instead. And bring no wreaths [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grand-forks-daily-herald","category-newspapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9603","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=9603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}