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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.



Ellis Parker Butler


Ellis Parker Butler's other poems:
  1. To G. M. W. and G. F. W.
  2. To Kate (In Lieu of a Valentine)
  3. A St. Valentine’s Day Tragedy
  4. Speaking of Operations
  5. Reasonable Interest


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