{"id":210,"date":"2020-11-25T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poetry.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=210"},"modified":"2020-11-25T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T06:00:00","slug":"possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1912-11-25\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">Rock Island Argus, November 25, 1912<\/a>.\nBy Duncan M. Smith.<\/em>\n \n\n If you cannot win a fortune\n \u00a0 \u00a0 That will feather well your nest\n You at least can earn a living\n \u00a0 \u00a0 If you work your level best.\n If you cannot make a million\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Where the highest stakes are played\n You can knock out several dollars\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Working daily at your trade.\n \n What\u2019s the use of having money\n \u00a0 \u00a0 That you never hope to spend?\n It will only bring you trouble\n \u00a0 \u00a0 It is not your truest friend.\n If you settle with the grocer\n \u00a0 \u00a0 And can pay the butcher\u2019s score\n With a little left for pleasure\n \u00a0 \u00a0 What can any one do more?\n \n For the man who has a million\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Only has one pair of eyes\n To behold the wondrous picture\n \u00a0 \u00a0 As old earth before him lies.\n He can only eat one breakfast\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Only occupy one bed\n Only wear one pair of slippers\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Have but one hat upon his head.\n \n If you cannot own an auto\n \u00a0 \u00a0 That will travel double quick\n You can stroll along the highway\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Where the autumn leaves are thick\n And whatever your situation\n \u00a0 \u00a0 In whatever niche you fit\n You can have a lot of pleasure\n \u00a0 \u00a0 If you make the best of it.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> If you cannot win a fortune<br \/>\n     That will feather well your nest<br \/>\n You at least can earn a living<br \/>\n     If you work your level best.<\/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":[96],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-duncan-m-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","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=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}