Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


A ROUNDEAU FOR ST. VALENTINE'S DAY by WILLIAM CLYDE FITCH

First Line: MY VALENTINE I PRITHEE BE
Last Line: MY VALENTINE!
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 @3I@1 for sweets would flee.
That now of course I dare not try,
My Valentine!



Home: PoetryExplorer.net