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A ROUNDEAU FOR ST. VALENTINE'S DAY, by                    
First Line: My valentine I prithee be
Last Line: My valentine!
Alternate Author Name(s): Fitch, Clyde
Subject(s): Longing; Love


MY Valentine I prithee be,
Sweet maid, who art so dear to me.
I love thee for thy bonny eye;
It glances, -- and I fain would die,
If only I might die for thee.

Thy cheeks, none rosier can I see;
I love them also greedily, --
A lover of thee all am I,
My Valentine!

These pouting lips, -- for them I sigh.
Oh, if I were a butterfly,
Or if I were a honey-bee,
I know where I for sweets would flee.
That now of course I dare not try,
My Valentine!





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