Another VALENTINE. TO ANOTHER PERSON. Ann Yearsley (née Cromartie) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. N22108 Yearsley, Ann, 1753-1806. Poems, on several occasions. By Ann Yearsley, a milkwoman of Bristol [poems only]. The second edition. London printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand 1785 pp. 27-28. xxxii, 127p.

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Another VALENTINE . TO ANOTHER PERSON . Say , gentle Shepherd , shall this day , Propitious to my amorous lay , Infuse thro' all thy vital frame The tender , trembling , thrilling flame ? This day prefers the lover's prayers , This day the yielding fair one hears ; Shall blooming Strephon then repine At being hail'd a Valentine ? O ! turn thine eyes , and view yon dove , He'll charm thy every sense to love ; While , from the bending spray , his mate Shall love-inspired notes repeat . Then , whilst thy eager charming eyes Run o'er these lines , may love arise Within thy breast to equal mine , Nor read in vain my Valentine . My powerless pen despairs to name What raptures wait a mutual flame ; Then be thy softer wishes mine , I'll bless the day of Valentine .