delius again

["Bradley N. Hutchinson" <bhutchin@pen.k12.va.us>]

Someone wrote:

OK, maybe I've been living in a shell or something, but I always
thought
that "syphillis" thing was a typo. My Latin is pretty much
non-existant,
but I thought the thing was "Symphinus [spl?] Deus, Delius,
a-ha." In
other words, "God of music, Delius" or what-have-you? I mean,
doesn't
that
sound just a bit more Kate than  "Syphillitic Genius God"?


And I reply:
While these lyrics may not sound like Kate, they are accurate.
Delius had syphillis.

brad
-- 


Thought is an infection.  
In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
--Wallace Stevens


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