VALENTINES DAY

The rose is red, the violet's blue,
The honey's sweet, and so are you.
Thou art my love and I am thine;
I drew thee to my Valentine:
The lot was cast and then I drew,
And Fortune said it shou'd be you.

Found in Gammer Gurton's Garland (1784), a collection of English nursery rhymes published in London by Joseph Johnson