A Brevity Poem

The girl I lov has brite blu i’s,

     She’s tal + fair 2 c;

Her lips r red as sunset ski’s

     She’s gud as she can b.

I lov her wel, she no’s it 2,

     She is 2 b my bryd;

+ when I hear her promis tru

     It fils my hart with pryd.

+ when she names the hap’y eve

     When we shal marid b,

I’l wed at once 4 I b-leve

     In using brevity.

Sept. 4, 1904