Send her a valentine to say <br />You love her in the same old way. <br />Just drop the long familiar ways <br />And live again the old-time days <br />When love was new and youth was bright <br />And all was laughter and delight, <br />And treat her as you would if she <br />Were still the girl that used to be. <br />Pretend that all the years have passed <br />Without one cold and wintry blast; <br />That you are coming still to woo <br />Your sweetheart as you used to do; <br />Forget that you have walked along <br />The paths of life where right and wrong <br />And joy and grief in battle are, <br />And play the heart without a scar. <br />Be what you were when youth was fine <br />And send to her a valentine; <br />Forget the burdens and the woe <br />That have been given you to know <br />And to the wife, so fond and true, <br />The pledges of the past renew <br />'Twill cure her life of every ill <br />To find that you're her sweetheart still.<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/send-her-a-valentine/
