A Goose for Valentine's Day

This is the month the bashful youth

Invests in valentines for sooth -

All decked with cupids, hearts, and lyres - 

To send the girl he most admires.

She gives the precious thing a glance

Of scorn - perhaps of arrogance - 

And hands them to her little brother

To send some school-girl friend or other.

The valentine does double duty -

Or triple, if it is a beauty;

So lovers, heed this wise advice;

Don't buy the things at any price.

- L. Frank Baum

Father Goose's Year Book

1907