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Rh Dear youth, thy form I lately viewed,

(Whilst wrapt in sleep I lay,)

Beside my couch you bending stood,

Love’s fondest vows to pay,

I woke—you vanished from my view,—

But tell me,—will my dream come true?

Since I saw you at the ball,

I’m sure my peace is flown;

At night I get no rest at all,

My dreams are you alone.

You was my partner; and I wish

To be the same for life,

Content along with you to pair,

A kind obedient wife.

Then say, dear sir, if you incline

To take me for a Valentine.

The greatest bliss that I can know,

The greatest joy Heaven can bestow,

Will be when Hymen, god divine!

Unites me to my Valentine.

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And think if receiv’d,

Yet, could it be indeed

You’d send a Valentine?

If ’twas for mere amusement’s sake,

You practis’d every line;

Why then, in dudgeon I must take

Your wicked Valentine.

If love did expectations raise,

To kneel in Hymen’s shrine;

I must consider, then, your lays,

A pretty Valentine.