Hants.
All the months of the year
Fear a fair Februeer.
The dim droop of a sombre February day.
There is an old proverb,
That birds of a feather
On Saint Valentine's day
Will meet together.
1733.
Why, Valentine's a day to choose
A mistress, and our freedom lose?
May I my reason interpose,
The question with an answer close?
To imitate we have a mind,
And couple like the winged kind.