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A VALENTINE by JOSEPH TWYMAN

First Line: I HOLD NO VIOL OR ANCIENT LUTE
Last Line: WITH GARLANDED INCENSE?
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; LOVE; VALENTINE'S DAY; WORSHIP;
I HOLD no viol or ancient lute
To make sweet music to thy praise,
But, bending, plead a lover's suit
Too deep for words, with music mute
In lieu of lover's lays.
I only ask wilt thou be mine
And take mine heart for recompense,
Invoking through Saint Valentine
The worship at thy beauty's shrine
With garlanded incense?



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