. Overheard in a garden. GODIVA <*I WAITED for the Train at Coventry, The Train was several hundred years too late (It had not been invented yet, you see); Such is the Cold Cast Irony of Fate. At last the Train arrived, and with it too Your Book—a Precious Package marked collect. Raptured I read it through and through, and through,And then I paused in sadness to reflect —96 How that same Book had been a priceless boon,But for a little accident of Date;If only I had not been born so if you had not gone to press so Book, if only you had come to meEre I rode forth upon that morn
. Overheard in a garden. GODIVA <*I WAITED for the Train at Coventry, The Train was several hundred years too late (It had not been invented yet, you see); Such is the Cold Cast Irony of Fate. At last the Train arrived, and with it too Your Book—a Precious Package marked collect. Raptured I read it through and through, and through,And then I paused in sadness to reflect —96 How that same Book had been a priceless boon,But for a little accident of Date;If only I had not been born so if you had not gone to press so Book, if only you had come to meEre I rode forth upon that morning sad!In naught but Faith and Hope and Charity,And other Vague Abstractions thinly clad ;In whole Editions I would have invested(I hope you get good Royalties therefrom),To keep the uaughty townfolk interested,And most Particularly, Peeping Tom. 97. DESDEMONA Dear Mr. Author, I make boldTo send you greeting, as an oldAdmirer from beyond the love your book! (I ordered Six!)Will you believe me when I writeYour verses saved my life this night ?T was thus (but first I ought to say,In Hades we enact each day98 Lifes Tragedy, as in a Play That has no ending) : well, to-day, When we came to the final act, I introduced with cunning tact Some extracts from your charming Book. I wish you d seen Othellos look Grow soft — and when he came to do The Deed — lo, he forgot his Cue, Ending the scene, oh, bliss of blisses. By smothering me instead with kisses! 99
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