Now, girls, would you believe it, that postman’s so consated,
No answer will he bring me, so long as I have waited—
But maybe there may not be one, for the reason that I stated,
That my love can neither read nor write, but he loves me faithfully,
He loves me faithfully,
And I know where’er my love is that he is true to me.
Lady Dufferin (1807–1867).
“AS I SAID INSIDE THE LETTER THAT I LOVED HIM FAITHFULLY.”