And, I shall live to see it?
Exactly so; but yours said "No,"
And mine said "Yes, so be it."
And he would know who 'twas that so
Had filled my thoughts with folly,
And, oh! the name was the very same,
The name of our love was Molly.
From The Shotover Papers, Oxford 1874.
In Fun of February 1, 1868, it was asked, "Who sent The Spiteful Letter to Alfred Tennyson?"