{"id":9329,"date":"2023-05-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9329"},"modified":"2023-05-20T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T05:00:00","slug":"better-than-much-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/better-than-much-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Than Much Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83045389\/1915-05-20\/ed-1\/seq-6\/\">Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 20, 1915<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Pretty little Polly lacks<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The intellectual bent\u2014<br\/>In fact, for culture and the like<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She wouldn\u2019t give a cent.<br\/>And at the highbrow festivals<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She wonders what is meant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>But pretty Polly dances like<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A dainty woodland sprite,<br\/>And e\u2019en to watch her elfish grace<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is pure unmixed delight.<br\/>And Polly\u2019s lips are scarlet buds,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her neck is milky white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>What does little Polly care<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That no one thinks her wise?<br\/>Why, wisdom doesn\u2019t stand a chance<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When she employs her eyes,<br\/>And each discerning man in sight<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To do her bidding flies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 20, 1915. Pretty little Polly lacks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The intellectual bent\u2014In fact, for culture and the like&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She wouldn\u2019t give a cent.And at the highbrow festivals&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She wonders what is meant. But pretty Polly dances like&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A dainty woodland sprite,And e\u2019en to watch her elfish grace&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is pure unmixed delight.And Polly\u2019s lips are scarlet buds,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her neck is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-richmond-times-dispatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9329","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=9329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}