Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
For Saynte Valentyne, his Daye
By Frank Dempster Sherman (18601916)G
Goe, tel Her y
Things infinitely sweeter
Y
Y
Shal linger on y
Y
Y
Flye, merrie-hearted Bird,
& lett your Fancie shape Her
Some dear & simple Word
Soe sweete it sha’n’t escape Her,
& if a Blushe you see
Steale upp & chase across Her face,
Return & counsell me.
Bye You, y
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Withe quill in Honie dipt;
Haste; bidd Her Heart be tender
Unto y
Where I in maske have come to aske
To be Her Valentyne!