{"id":9109,"date":"2023-01-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9109"},"modified":"2023-01-08T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T06:00:00","slug":"the-ballad-automobilious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-ballad-automobilious\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ballad Automobilious"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83030272\/1915-01-08\/ed-1\/seq-8\/\">The Sun, January 8, 1915<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The gas tank\u2019s full of gasoline<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The crank case full of oil;<br\/>From top to tire, the whole machine<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Springs eager to its toil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The top and windshield both are down,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In rush the sun and wind;<br\/>They smooth away my furrowed frown<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And drive care from my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The engine\u2019s purr, the hum of gears<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All blend and make me feel<br\/>A newer music of the spheres,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A symphony of steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Before me lies the broad highway<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Through village, wood and farm;<br\/>It lures me on, and I obey<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Its overwhelming charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>No more I sigh, like Mercury,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To fly on winged heel,<br\/>For Vulcan with new sorcery<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Has forged me wings of steel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Sun, January 8, 1915. The gas tank\u2019s full of gasoline&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The crank case full of oil;From top to tire, the whole machine&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Springs eager to its toil. The top and windshield both are down,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In rush the sun and wind;They smooth away my furrowed frown&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And drive care from my mind. The engine\u2019s purr, the hum of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-sun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9109","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=9109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}