The first Valentines Day card I ever received (from someone OTHER than my parents) had the following poem accompanying it.
And being over the moon with delight and joy (at having received one!) I promptly memorised it and can still recite it with pleasure.
A White Rose
by John Boyle O’Reilly
| THE RED rose whispers of passion, | |
| And the white rose breathes of love; | |
| Oh, the red rose is a falcon, | |
| And the white rose is a dove. | |
| But I send you a cream-white rosebud | 5 |
| With a flush on its petal tips; | |
| For the love that is purest and sweetest | |
| Has a kiss of desire on the lips. |
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