"St. Valentine's Day Of Old"
#20thCenturyCard #ArtNouveau
I've been itching to clean up and post this for ages. So... ta-daaa!!
So, the whole thing is on nice paper, with the cover on embossed card stock. The interior pages are smaller than the cover, but I fudged that for the sake of a unified set.
There follows a long-ass verse, Four pages worth. Not sure why the text is on its own and not integrated with the pictures. 🤔
"In the days of patch and powder---
Dreamful days of long ago--
If the damosels were prouder
Than today we may not know;
"But it is no elf of fancy
That low whispers to us now
Love's persuasive necromancy
There was much the same as now.
"On the island of Manhattan
Dwelt there one of beauty rare,
Where sleek beeves were left to fatten
In the pastures broad and fair..."
Boost if this is way more eye makeup and blush than you'd ever wear.
All right, yesterday when I was lamenting my terrible online social capital, I forgot the time I posted this on LJ and frightened half my followers. D'oh!!
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The shape of the wreath makes me think there's a horse-racing joke in here somewhere.
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"There, in his provincial glory,
Ruled her sire-- so stories run--
In the times of merry Tory,
And of Colonel Washington.
"This sweet maiden had a lover,
Though her father kept her hid
(Trust a youth's eyes to discover
Beauty 'neath the closet lid!)
"And at every tender meeting
Would he urge her, 'Love, be mine!'
And he pondered such a greeting
For an ardent valentine."