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VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1876 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: FAIRER THAN YOUNGER BEAUTIES, MORE BELOVED
Last Line: LAST VALENTINE.
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; KISSES; LIFE; TIME; VALENTINE'S DAY;
Fairer than younger beauties, more beloved
Than many a wife, --
By stress of Time's vicissitudes unmoved
From settled calm of life, --

Endearing rectitude to those who watch
The verdict of your face,
Raising & making gracious those who catch
A semblance of your grace: --

With kindly lips of welcome, & with pleased
Propitious eyes benign,
Accept a kiss of homage from your least
Last Valentine.



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