So she said, "Mr. Murphy, if outside you'll walk,
On the subject you've mentioned we'll have a short talk,
Though I cannot afford a man-servant to keep—
It would ruin me quite!" But her plan was too deep
For poor Murphy to guess; who, not knowing her reason,
Thought she lov'd some one else, and despising such treason
Cried, "Oh, treat me not falsely; my love is most true,
And I never will love any other than you.
Oh, I cannot thus leave you—I will not depart
Till you say, 'I am thine!' thou delight of my heart!