Show ST 8 VALENTINE not rose nor tender eglantine nor illy lily nor the columbine but from the prairie prairies s rolling mead I 1 send a spray of 0 ironweed to greet you as my valentine blue veined the lilies are I 1 know and darkly red the roses glow but I 1 have sent the ironweed uncouth and harsh whose dusky seed T the he palms of unseen sowers sow sew not rude my emblem it if you find my meaning here though faint outlined for struck from sudden clash of thought no purer fire can be wrought than flint steel spark of mil mii to mind tay lay as you touch it time shall bring A glimpse of low horizon ring and dreamy sweep of pliant breeze that andula s 0 er grassy seas the rustle of the wind s broad wing prom from my rough hand to lay in thine I 1 send this of offering ferin 11 tia a sign of love until my latest breath of iron faith that holds through death A western valentine ernest mcgaffey in the woman s home companion |