Image: "La Dame Utile" by Jean Beraud, 1890s

​My Valentine"
By Louise Phillips
Good Housekeeping, February 16, 1889. p. 179.
 
Your sweetheart is pretty, I own,
Her charms 'twould be hard to define!
But the prettiest lady that ever was known
Is my little Valentine.
She's dimpled, and sparkling, and rosy,
And sweet as an old-fashioned posy,
But coy as a wood-bird
In spring nesting-time,
In the loving attentions she shows me.
 
She is twice twelve months to a day,
A lily's about as tall,
But in her proud, imperious way
She queen's it over all.
Oh, how she scorns and scouts me,
And often seems to doubt me!
But somehow I know that,
Though say what she may,
She cannot well do without me.
 
But at times like a pleasant tune,
A softer mood o'ertakes her,
and then she is sunny as skies of the June,
While all her pride forsakes her.
Oh, she dances round me rarely,
Her laugh rings out so clearly!
She coaxes and nestles
And kisses me oft,
And purrs, "I love you dearly."
 
Yes, your sweetheart is pretty, I own,
Her charms 'twould be hard to define,
But the prettiest lady that ever was known
Is my little Valentine.
 

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