{"id":9676,"date":"2021-01-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poetry.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2021-01-08T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:00:00","slug":"vanished-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/vanished-dangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanished Dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1913-01-08\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\"><em>Rock Island Argus, January 8, 1913<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\n <em>By S. E. Kiser.<\/em>\n \n\n He used to hate the idle rich,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And often spoke with dread\n About the fearful dangers which\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Were looming up ahead;\n He saw a time when blood would flow,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And anarchy be rife;\n But that was when his funds were low,\n He had the luck a year ago\n &nbsp; &nbsp; To get a wealthy wife.\n \n He used to say the millionaires\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Were blinded by their greed;\n He thought the world and its affairs\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Were managed wrong, indeed;\n He saw the time when class and mass\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Would wage a bloody strife,\n When chaos would prevail. Alas!\n Since then a change has come to pass!\n &nbsp; &nbsp; He has a wealthy wife.\n \n He cannot understand today\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Why those who toil complain;\n The ills he feared are cleared away,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; No signs of strife remain.\n Content to let things drift along,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; He lives an easy life,\n Forgetting, if sometimes the strong\n Oppress the weak, that it is wrong:\n &nbsp; &nbsp; He has a wealthy wife.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> He used to hate the idle rich,<br \/>\n     And often spoke with dread<br \/>\n About the fearful dangers which<br \/>\n     Were looming up ahead;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[271],"class_list":["post-9676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-s-e-kiser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676","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=9676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}