Poems (Fields)/A Valentine
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A VALENTINE.
She that is fair, though never vain or proud,More fond of home than fashion's changing crowd;Whose taste refined even female friends admire,Dressed not for show, but robed in neat attire;She who has learned, with mild, forgiving breast,To pardon frailties, hidden or confest; True to herself, yet willing to submit,More swayed by love, than ruled by worldly wit;Though young, discreet,—though ready, ne'er unkind,Blessed with no pedant's, but a Woman's mind;—She wins our hearts, towards her our thoughts incline,So at her door go leave my Valentine.