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by James Russell Lowell

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American Literature – American Poetry – James Russell Lowell
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A Valentine

Let others wonder what fair face
  Upon their path shall shine,
And, fancying half, half hoping, trace
  Some maiden shape of tenderest grace
      To be their Valentine.

Let other hearts with tremor sweet
  One secret wish enshrine
That Fate may lead their happy feet
  Fair Julia in the lane to meet
      To be their Valentine.

But I, far happier, am secure;
  I know the eyes benign,
The face more beautiful and pure
  Than fancy’s fairest portraiture
      That mark my Valentine.

More than when first I singled, thee,
  This only prayer is mine,—
That, in the years I yet shall see.
  As, darling, in the past, thou’ll be
      My happy Valentine.

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American Literature – American Poetry – James Russell Lowell

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