Be Thou My Valentine

Hark my love the worlds forsake,

And let my love within you wake,

That flame that would now overtake,

Thine heart and soul and then to make,

My life by yours enriched divine,

If thou wouldst be my valentine.

I sit a rueful soul and weak,

Thy love to woo; thy life to seek,

A smile from thee with eyes so meek

Would luminate a life so bleak,

And thou wouldst ease this heart of mine,

If thou wouldst be my valentine.

For years I combed the garden’s grove,

Just watching you and could not move,

But finding thee my pleasant dove,

Only in dreams of phantom love,

But I in hopes would now recline,

If thou wouldst be my valentine.

I sent my songs on the Summer’s breeze,

My Cupid Romeo zeal to ease,

To see if they perchance would tease,

Thy love to look my way and please,

I’d count it as a happy sign,

If thou wouldst be my valentine.

I traveled east and I traveled west,

And every perfumed garden test,

To satisfy that innate quest,

But you alone my eyes arrest,

Yet I those worlds would now resign,

If thou wouldst be my valentine.

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