"But I was desolate and sick of an old passion / When I awoke and found the dawn was gray"

Myths ought to be busted. Nonetheless, I'm sad about this one.

It's almost as disappointing as realizing Camino de Calle Road, a street in a housing development outside Tucson, is apocryphal. Ah well.

We still get to complain about the redundancy in the La Brea Tar Pits, though.

---L.