SOMEBODY'S sent a funny little valentine to me. It's a bunch of baby-roses in a vase of filigree, And hovering above them -- just as cute as he can be -- Is a fairy cupid tangled in a scarf of poetry. And the prankish little fellow looks so knowing in his glee, With his golden bow and arrow, aiming most unerringly At a pair of hearts so labeled that I may read and see That one is meant for "One Who Loves," and one is meant for me. But I know the lad who sent it! It's as plain as A-B-C! -- For the roses they are @3blushing,@1 and the vase stands @3awkwardly,@1 And the little god above it -- though as cute as he can be -- Can not breathe the lightest whisper of his burning love for me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 8. BAUCIS AND PHILEMON by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO BEN JONSON ENTERTAINS A MAN FROM STRATFORD by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ISLE OF BEAUTY by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY UNDER THE BLUE by FRANCIS FISHER BROWNE THE WANDERER: 3. IN ENGLAND: THE DEATH OF KING HACON by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: CHRIST'S SYMPATHY by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |