This postcard is part of a set showing a Prussian cavalryman who has been wounded in the fighting, probably during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). <\/p>\n
The poem at the top of the picture, entitled \u201cSunrise \u2026 Sunrise\u201d, romanticizes the soldier\u2019s encounter with death. It reads: <\/p>\n
\u201cOh, how quickly, how quickly
\nDoes beauty and stature fade away!
\nOne moment you boast of looks so fine,
\nCheeks white as milk with crimson hue,
\nOh, but every rose will wilt in time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This postcard is part of a set showing a Prussian cavalryman who has been wounded in the fighting, probably during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). The poem at the top of the picture, entitled \u201cSunrise \u2026 Sunrise\u201d, romanticizes the soldier\u2019s encounter with death. It reads: \u201cOh, how quickly, how quickly Does beauty and stature fade away! … Continue reading Morgenrot….Morgenrot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1974,"featured_media":401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1900s"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/305\/2018\/10\/SS36868_36868_43486095.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1974"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1423,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions\/1423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/ger297-f18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}