from The Social Zodiac:
February
Saint Valentine! The post is late!
No letters come — 'tis long past Eight!
But on this bright auspicious day
Frivolity holds laughing sway,
And sober people have to wait!
The burdened postmen moan their fate,
This Festival they reprobate;
And often think they'd like to flay
Saint Valentine!
But in these views you'll find Miss Kate
Does not at all participate;
And Beryl, Baby, Minnie, May,
With Gertie, Ethel, Lily, Fay,
Right gleefully commemorate —
Saint Valentine!
February
Saint Valentine! The post is late!
No letters come — 'tis long past Eight!
But on this bright auspicious day
Frivolity holds laughing sway,
And sober people have to wait!
The burdened postmen moan their fate,
This Festival they reprobate;
And often think they'd like to flay
Saint Valentine!
But in these views you'll find Miss Kate
Does not at all participate;
And Beryl, Baby, Minnie, May,
With Gertie, Ethel, Lily, Fay,
Right gleefully commemorate —
Saint Valentine!
~~
J. Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917)
from The Lazy Minstrel, 1886
[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]
J. Ashby-Sterry biography
Valentine's Day on The Penny Blog
[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]
J. Ashby-Sterry biography
Valentine's Day on The Penny Blog
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