Sunday, April 26, 1868 - "You’ve a very good heart, And a very long nose."

This has been a fine day. Some of the folks were to Church to day. I was doing chores to day. Jim is home to day. He went to Brushland.

You come very often,
‘tis all very well
You’re a very fine man,
And a very big swell;
You’ve a very good heart,
And a very long nose.
But now to the point – 
Do you mean to propose.
You say that you love me,
But love all alone
To unmarried girls
Is a thing quite unknown.*

Oh Dear Oh;

*This come out of a poem that appears to have appeared in a magazine in February 1868.  It's part of a longer poem called "Do You Mean to Propose."