Poem by Ellis Parker Butler

Valentine to the Girl in Black

In hand I take this pen of mine
To write you, sweet, a valentine;
I’d take your dainty hand instead,
But—you’re a drawing—I am wed—
And that is why, you understand,
I only take my pen in hand.

1. To May
2. Jabed Meeker, Humorist
3. New England Magazine
4. The Final Tax
5. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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