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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ---, ON HER OBSERVING THAT ST. VALENTINE'S DAY WAS HER BIRTHDAY, by JOHN CHALK CLARIS First Line: If I remember, shepherds say Last Line: And feel and worship him in thee! Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, Arthur Subject(s): Holidays; Love; Valentine's Day | |||
IX. IF I remember, shepherds say That this is Love's selected day; But doubly dear it now must be Since sacred both to Love and thee. Not one in all the circling year Can be so justly, deeply dear, Since Love and Beauty both combine To give to this a claim divine. For when could Love so fitly be Adored, as when we think on thee? Or thou be worshipped, Beauty say, So fitly as on Love's own day? Upon the morn that saw thy birth Young Love was wandering on the earth, And marked thee from thy natal hour, Knowing the bud contained the flower: And on that lip—that cheek—those eyes, He set his seal: we recognise The impress of divinity, And feel and worship him in thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VALENTINE THOUGHTS FOR MARI by EMANUEL DI PASQUALE A VALENTINE FOR MY TEACHER by JACK PRELUTSKY A VALENTINE TO SHERWOOD ANDERSON by GERTRUDE STEIN THOUGH VALENTINE BRINGS LOVE by WALLACE STEVENS A VALENTINE by WALLACE STEVENS THREE VALENTINES TO THE WIDE WORLD by MONA VAN DUYN ON ST. VALENTINE'S DAY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A NIGHT THOUGHT; WRITTEN IN ILLNESS by JOHN CHALK CLARIS AN INVITATION TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF THE POET MOORE by JOHN CHALK CLARIS |
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