Love is a bodily infirmity […] which breaks out the deuce knows how or why

As for Fletcher himself, his enthusiasm for Chinese art and poetry grew with the years. Later, while a consul at Hoihow (Hai-k'ou, a major seaport on Hainan Island), he published in Shanghai two volumes of translations: Gems of Chinese Verse (1918) and More Gems of Chinese Poetry (1919).

Little thou reck'st of this sad store! Would thou might never reck them more!

Some kinds of literary pursuits […] have been attacked with all the shafts of ridicule.