Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 My Mr. Darby

Jane Austen's Mr. Darby, I

Indeed believed I'd met online.

From the data he did supply,

Handsome gentleman, rich and fine.

Though fiction Mr. Darby had

Character flaws, Austen wrote out,

My Mr. Darby, nothing bad,

And all good he appeared, no doubt.

So online back and forth went with

Positivity so complete,

My Mr. Darby, fact not myth.

So we arranged face to face meet.

When met in person, truth I got,

Mr. Darby, this gal is not!