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VALENTINE: TO ONE WHO KNOWS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They told me, when I knew thee first
Last Line: And I am still for-giving!
Alternate Author Name(s): Greenwood, Grace
Subject(s): Holidays; Love - Unrequited; Valentine's Day


THEY told me, when I knew thee first,
Thou wert not made for loving,
That next St. Valentine's would see
Thy truant heart a-roving; --
That thou wouldst weary of my love,
Turn from me, and for ever!
That I would meekly bow and weep,
But chide the rover never.
Ah! those were mournful prophecies,
To cloud the sky of youth;
And thou and I, we little thought
So soon to test their truth!
We are that sad truth's witnesses,
Proofs manifest and living, --
Thou art for-getting this poor heart,
And I am still for-giving!





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