The Rubaiyat of a Huffy Husband

BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER The Gorham Press 1908
Copyright, 1908, by Mary B. Little ————— All Rights Reserved The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.

I wake, the Sun does scatter into Flight The Dreams of Happiness I have each Night, O blessèd Dreams—full of Domestic Bliss, Too soon alas! They're banished with the Light.

I'm going to tell in just the Briefest way The cause of all my Anguish—if I may— Then one and all will know the Reason why My Mien is Solemn, and I am not Gay.

On Christmas day a good Friend did present My Wife a Book; no doubt with best intent. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 'twas. Little I dreamed the Woe of its Advent.

After the rush of Holidays was o'er, And things had settled back in Place once more, Wife found the Time to revel in that Book, And told me how she loved its Ancient Lore.

She soon possessed the dreadful Omar Fad, Which other Husbands, I have learned, think Bad. But unlike other Fads which now are Past, This has the power to make me very Mad.