SHATTERED DREAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7923, 30 January 1904, Page 4

SHATTERED DREAMS.

rPuncTi.) (The " British Medical Journal " says that men of genius are never happy dn their married lives.) I thought, dear Doris, we should! be Extremely happy if we married; I deemed- .that you were made for rile, But, oh! I'm thankful now we tarried. Had we been wedded last July (I caught tbe measles, so. we waited) We'd now be wretched, you »nd I ; A genius always is ill-fated. We might have lived) without a hitch Till one or both of us were " taken,"And even won the Dunmow flitch Of appetising breakfast bacon ; We migWf have passed our married lifer In quite a Joan and Darby fashion, Free from the slightest (taint of strife — Hadl I not written " Songs of Passion.'* Ah, me, that book! The truth will out; Genius is rampant in each sonnet; Consult, if you're inclined to- doubt, lb© verdict of "the Press upon it. The " Pigbury Patriot " calls them " staves Which we feel justified in praising"; The "Mudford Daily Argus" raves; The "Sloshly Clarion" says "Amazing!" So, Doris, it can never, be: I trust the tidings won't upset yon; Beluctantly I set you free, ! Though ne'er, I vow, will I forget you. Some other man your hand may win; I'll strive to bear it with composure ; Your letters you will find within; Yours? truly. EDWIN JONES. (Enclosure.)