A Valentine Poem by Edgar Albert Guest

A Valentine

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YOUR cheeks are pinker than the rose,
Your eyes are bluer than the skies;
Than you no fairer blossom grows,
In you all earthly sweetness lies.
Without you life were drear to me,
I dream of you the night long through;
Oh, sweetheart! hear my humble plea:
Please let me hook your waists for you.

Your voice is sweet as song of birds,
Your eyes would shame the stars above;
There is no power in written words
To truly tell you how I love.
When I 'm with you I 'm trouble free,
But absent, desolate and blue,
Darling, I pray you'll hear my plea:
Please let me hook your waists for you.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mahtab Bangalee 07 February 2019

beautiful valentine's verse- When I 'm with you I 'm trouble free, But absent, desolate and blue, Darling, I pray you'll hear my plea: Please let me hook your waists for you. /// O O Valentine You are only mine////

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Dr Antony Theodore 07 February 2019

YOUR cheeks are pinker than the rose, Your eyes are bluer than the skies; Than you no fairer blossom grows, In you all earthly sweetness lies.. infatuation........ a fine poem. tony

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Tom Allport 07 February 2019

A lovely poem with a plea for the poet's love to always be next to them!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 07 February 2019

The poet is dead, and I hope that what he wrote here, had changed into true love till the day he died. A Valentine is temporary, but true love in a marriage stays until one of the two would die. CONGRATULATIONS to his family for being chosen as the Modern Poem of the Day. Hurray! Most deserving poem..A wonderful Valentine poem.

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Ramesh T A 07 February 2019

Joy in the company of love and gloom in isolation are usual in lover's life! Nice Valentine plight!

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Practicing Poetess 07 February 2019

'There is no power in written words To truly tell you how I love'.... Well, I'd say he did a pretty good job! This little gem tugs at the heartstrings. Fitting as POD, with Valentine's Day approaching.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 07 February 2019

Great valentine song with intense emotions describing her beauty mesmerizing the lover.

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Edward Kofi Louis 07 February 2019

Pinker than the rose! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Glen Kappy 07 February 2019

as i understand this poem, there's attraction ready to burst in the restrained but humorous refrain, please let me hook your waists for you. -gk but, wait a sec, why waists not waist? -g

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There is no power in written words Worthy words for lovers to exchange To truly tell you how I love

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Edgar Albert Guest

Edgar Albert Guest

Birmingham / England
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