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Whan fresshe Phebus, day of Seynt Valentyne,
Had whirlid vp his golden chare aloft,
The burnyd bemys of it gan to shyne
In at my chambre where y slepid soft
These lines are from one of the earliest Valentines. Charles d'Orléans, France's last courtly poet, had been captured in the battle of Agincourt (1415) and spent 25 years in captivity — writing poetry oft addressed to his wife and referring to Saint Valentine.
Whan fresshe Phebus (The lovely sun in modern English) bemoans the contrast between the animals' happy mating on Valentine's Day and his long days spent lonely in a closed cell.
Your Valentine, of course, need not be so bleak (and Charles was freed again after all):
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