Valentine's Day Quotes-Poems-Verses

Happy Saint Valentine's Day
~ the day we celebrate love ~

Wilt thou be mine? dear love, reply
Sweetly consent, or else deny:
Whisper softly, none shall know,
Wilt thou be mine, love? ay or no? - Written in 1415 by a Frenchman, Charles, the Duke of Orleans while he was in prison in the Tower of London to his wife.

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To see her is to love her, and love but her for ever,
For Nature made her what she is, and ne'er made another - Robert Burns

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Love has not gift so grateful as his wings. - Lord Byron

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Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love. - William Shakespeare

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Yet, my Heart felt a tug when you gave me a Hug.
I wondered if your Kiss would bring perfect Bliss.

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Shall only you and I forbear
To meet and make a happy pair?
Shall we alone delay to live?
This day an age of bliss may give.

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Love in the heart was not meant there to stay. Love is not love till you give it away

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Written in Middle English 1100-1500

Throw it be alle other wyn
Godys blescing have he and myn,
My none gentyl Volontyn
Good Thomas the frere.

Translation:

Through it be all other wine,
God's blessing have he and mine,
My none gentle Valentine,
Good Thomas the friar

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You may only be one person to the world, but you may also be the world to one person. - Peter Ustinov

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Pray, never let us love divide,
In life or death to faith incline.
Then come to me, a lovely bride
To bless thy faithful Valentine.

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Forgiveness is the final form of love. - Reinhold Niebuhr

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Every time you look at me
My heart goes pitter-patter
But for heaven's sake
Don't look that way,
Unless I really matter - 20th Century

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True love cannot be found where it truly does not exist, nor can it be hidden where it truly does - Sam Keen

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Beneath the Rose a thorn is found,
Beneath love's smile, a dart,
May heaven grant, that neither wound
Thy young and guileless heart - 19th century

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It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget some one.

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Faith makes all things possible, love makes them easy.

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A heart that truly loves is forever young.

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There's nothing like a valentine,
To make a smile appear,
A heart-shaped card filled with kind words,
Sent from someone who's dear.
A friend or even a relative,
Who takes the time to say,
I like you just because you're you.
That's what is done this day. ~Martin Shaw~

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Love so steady, love so fine,
Be my Valentine and I'll be thine.
If we love each other, rain or shine,
We'll be rockin' hand in hand
At a hundred and ninety-nine.

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Love does not consist in gazing at each-other
but in looking together in the same direction.
~by Antoine de Saint-Exupery~

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Love is a fruit in season at all times,
and within the reach of every hand. ~By Mother Teresa~

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Love like paint,
can make things beautiful
when you spread it,
but it simply dries up when you don't use it.

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The rose speaks of love silently,
in a language known only to the heart.

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The sound of a kiss
is not so loud as a cannon,
but it's echo lasts a great deal longer. 

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