This, with the love of the boys, Frank and hearty and true, Goes to a maker of joys Ever exultantly new: Stories of home and of school, Stories of work and of play, Built on a masterful rule, Manly, sagacious, and gay. Still with a youthful heart Under your silvery hair, Still with a happy art Banishing foolish care, -- What are the proud world's toys Here where your laurels shine? All of the world of boys Sends you this valentine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 11 by CONRAD AIKEN OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC THE MOUNTAIN WHIPPOORWILL (A GEORGIA ROMANCE) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET GOAL by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO RIDGELY TORRENCE - PLAYWRIGHT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK (SPOKEN BY A CITIZEN OF MALTA - 1300) by EMMA LAZARUS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: DIPPOLD THE OPTICIAN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DILIGENCE IS TO MAGIC AS PROGRESS IS TO FLIGHT by MARIANNE MOORE |