WHY DON’T THE MEN PROPOSE?

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 6, 6 February 1892, Page 138

WHY DON’T THE MEN PROPOSE?

Pardon, oh pray, a maiden's sighs and blushes, 11 I make bold to ask but once again A question proper to my hopes and wishes, Without one thought to give offence or pain, Yet the desire to know upon me rushes, To stifle which I try, but all in vain, But, to bring bush beating to a close, The question is, ‘ Why don’t the men propose ?’ I’ve gone to football and to cricket matches In hope at last one of my own to score, Croquet and lawn tennis have tried by snatches, And reckoned quite an adept at the oar ; Have golfing gone across the heathy patches, And gathered shells along the breezy shore, And many haunts where one would fain suppose Matches were made, and men would all propose. E’en to bazaars and socials 1 have gone With hope delusive there to seal my fate ; As ’ primrose dame ’ my charms seductive shone For some great prop of mash-tun, Church and State But all in vain labour and smiles were spent, None ’mongst them all with me inclined to mate. So, with those gifts as lovely as the rose, I ask in vain • Why don’t the men propose?’ Liverpool. Daniel Carmichael.