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Show yhei ike Ye&erdir&s .s 30oirve to Tbwrvl, vA With spangles and bangles and heartsand triangles y Of silver and crystal and gold, -jy Jr''''f T'TpJ.-With laces as fine as the frost-fairy traces ." 'fc(illf When mornings are bitterly cold, ' ' -v. In the daintiest hues of the pinks and the blues J2jk ScJhJif That summer weaves into her crown, . All sprinkled with posies and love-knots and' roses, V q )Vi The valentines come to town'. -J::----v$ ' - 'X All puffy and fluffy and tinkling and twinkling, gtyf With fringes of tinsel and pearl, p ..-floj'ii ' They tell us the story of lovTand its gl$ry,J '";V.;""''" v(4i ' ; In the hearts of a boy' and a girl. . ; '(iJ And those who display in their tresses the gray, ' ) Sc V Entwined with the black and the broWn, . Go back to the playtime of youth and Its Maytime' J V When thyalentines come to town. ) J0. fCT There's a ghost in the street, and its garments are sweet O Qfg-tWith. the lavender gathered and dried rv- In the garden of youth, where the lilies of truth jr )if Were worn by a maiden who died; (Q PT-A-nd the man who has made on the highways ortrade -phe mark 0f his wealth and renown, Vru. f I . Invf ancy once more is the lover of yore t ) II 1 1 : '' When the valentines come to town. $ JK, Ui ! : ' ) .,. Minna Irving, in Lippincott's.' |