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...THE BALLAD WHICH ANNE ASKEW MADE AND SANG WHEN SHE WAS IN NEWGATE by ANNE ASKEWE A MORE ANCIENT MARINER by BLISS CARMAN THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS by THOMAS HOOD THE CANDLE INDOORS by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS A FAREWELL [TO C.E.G.] by CHARLES KINGSLEY TOMMY [ATKINS] by RUDYARD KIPLING |