Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1908 — ST. VALENTINE’S DAY. [ARTICLE]

ST. VALENTINE’S DAY.

•t Valentln«'a day! And midst old recollections That rush to my heart with an echoing . Joy. I remember once more the old hopes and dejections, Wheh you were a girl, dear, and I was a boy; When I sent yon a rose on that February morning. And with It a passionate, rhyme-halting I*T, And met your reproaches and well-gcted scorning By whispering; “Sweet, 'tls St. Valen- — tine's day f* And the sky was so blue, and the sunshine so yellow, Zbd the soft southern wind blew so shrilly and sweet, And each tiny bird sung so loud to Its fellow, , While the snowdrops and crocuses bloomed at your feet, ■mall wonder our hearts broke to tremulous beating As we learned In the wonderful, old-fash-ioned way What the earth and the sky and the air were repeating In mystical cadence of Valentine’s day. And now that the crazy-sweet babble and laughter Of golden-haired children hare rung In our ears. And brought us the hope of a tender hereafter To link to the thought of those far-away years— Once more In the words of the happy boylover, I rail deeper meaning In whimsical war; A meaning your heart will be quick to dlseorer—• By whispering: “Sweet, 'tls St Valentine's day !" v —-The Housekeeper.