Send her a valentine to say You love her in the same old way. Just drop the long familiar ways And live again the old-time days When love was new and youth was bright And all was laughter and delight, And treat her as you would if she Were still the girl that used to be. Pretend that all the years have passed Without one cold and wintry blast; That you are coming still to woo Your sweetheart as you used to do; Forget that you have walked along The paths of life where right and wrong And joy and grief in battle are, And play the heart without a scar. Be what you were when youth was fine And send to her a valentine; Forget the burdens and the woe That have been given you to know And to the wife, so fond and true, The pledges of the past renew. 'Twill cure her life of every ill To find that you're her sweetheart still. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POEM FROM THE EDGE OF AMERICA by JAMES GALVIN DINING-ROOM TEA by RUPERT BROOKE UPON THE IMAGE OF DEATH by ROBERT SOUTHWELL STANZAS SELECTED FROM THE PAINS OR MEMORY; A FRAGMENT by BERNARD BARTON RAISING HUBBARD SQUASH IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 1 by THOMAS CAMPION |