The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Love-Letter

Henry, James M. D. "The Love-Letter." New-York Saturday Press, August 25, 1860, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

A young man and woman have a playful exchange, with the man professing his love and the woman acting coy and focusing on her knitting. Finally the man tells her to put down her knitting and put on a wedding ring.