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Posted: 15 Feb 2018

Taken: 14 Feb 2018

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Valentine •
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Valentine Card (2), c1920

Valentine Card (2), c1920
"In the days of patch and powder---
Dreamful days of long ago--
If the damosels were prouder
Than today we may not know;

"But it is no elf of fancy
That low whispers to us now
Love's persuasive necromancy
There was much the same as now.

"On the island of Manhattan
Dwelt there one of beauty rare,
Where sleek beeves were left to fatten
In the pastures broad and fair..."

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6 comments - The latest ones
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
I love the poem. Where’s it from? It sounds like Ella Wheeler Wilcox, maybe? Take me to Manhattan!
13 months ago. Edited 13 months ago.
amylsacks club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
No credits for either the artist or the poet :(
13 months ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
Just a shame the card didn’t have the ‘sleek beeves’ rather than the pretty birdies.
13 months ago.
amylsacks club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
If I ran that kind of page, I'd probably have thousands of visits every day. [sigh]
13 months ago.
Steve Bucknell club has replied to amylsacks club
Apparently it means beef cattle. [sigh]
13 months ago.
amylsacks club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
[gasp!]
12 months ago.

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