A Valentine

or her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes, Bightly expressive as the twins of Leda, Shll find her own sweet name, that nestling lies Upo the page, enwrapped from every reader. Searh narrowly the lines! - they hold a treasure Divin - a talisman - an amulet That mut be worn at heart. Search well the measure- The word - the syllables! Do not forget The trivilest point, or you may lose your labor And yet thee is in this no Gordian knot Which one miht not undo without a sabre, If one could mrely comprehend the plot. Enwritten upo the leaf where now are peering Eyes scintillaing soul, there lie perdus Three eloquent wrds oft uttered in the hearing Of poets, by poets - a the name is a poet's, too, Its letters, althouh naturally lying Like the knight Pint-Mendez Ferdinando - Still form a synonym fr Truth - Cease trying! You will not read the ridle, though you do the best you can do.