{"id":8678,"date":"2022-11-14T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8678"},"modified":"2022-11-14T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T06:00:00","slug":"the-dreamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-dreamer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dreamer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85038485\/1914-11-14\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">The Birmingham Age Herald, November 14, 1914<\/a>. By Theodosia Garrison.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The gypsies passed her little gate\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She stopped her wheel to see<br\/>A brown-faced pair who walked the road<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Free as the wind is free;<br\/>And suddenly her tiny room<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A prison seemed to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Her shining plates against the walls,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her sunlit sanded floor,<br\/>The brass-bound wedding chest that held<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her linen\u2019s snowy store,<br\/>The very wheel whose running died\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Seemed only chains she bore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>She watched the foot-free gypsies pass;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She never knew or guessed<br\/>The wishful dream that drew them close\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The longing in each breast<br\/>To some day know a home like hers<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wherein their hearts might rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Birmingham Age Herald, November 14, 1914. By Theodosia Garrison. The gypsies passed her little gate\u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She stopped her wheel to seeA brown-faced pair who walked the road&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Free as the wind is free;And suddenly her tiny room&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A prison seemed to be. Her shining plates against the walls,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her sunlit sanded floor,The brass-bound wedding chest that held&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[286],"class_list":["post-8678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-birmingham-age-herald","tag-theodosia-garrison"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678","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=8678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}