Frances Tipton Hunter (1896-1957),
Our Valentine Party, from The Children's
Party Book, 1923. Wikimedia Commons.
I'm not just February With winds that blow
All day, and piled-up snow;
I'm Washington and Lincoln, too,
Who kept our country's flag for you!
I'm Valentine of airy grace —
With golden hearts and hearts of lace
And pretty cards that people send,
Quite as a secret, to a friend.
Though I am short of days and small,
I'm quite a big month, after all!
~~
Annette Wynne (1889-1952)
from For Days and Days: A year-round treasury of child verse, 1919
[Poem is in the public domain
[Poem is in the public domain
in Canada and the United States]
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