John Donne Valentines Verse at St Valentine's Net.

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Hail, Bishop Valentine! whose day this is:
All the air is thy diocese,
And all the chirping choristers
And other birds are thy parishioners:
Thou marryest every year
The lyric lark and the grave whispering dove;
The sparrow that neglects his life for love,
The household bird with the red stomacher;
Thou mak'st the blackbird speed as soon
As doth the goldfinch or the halcyon-
This day more cheerfully than ever shine,
This day which might inflame thyself, old Valentine!

John Donne