Yes, I knew she would get my message,
And I should not have to wait,
So my soul grew calm and peaceful
Though dinner, alas! was late.
From The Corkscrew Papers,
London: W. H. Guest, Paternoster Row, 1876.
WAPPING OLD STAIRS.
Your Molly has never been false, she declares,
Since the last time we parted at Wapping Old Stairs;
When I swore that I still would continue the same,
And gave you the ’bacco-box mark’d with my name.