Valentine Poems

Spoke to my Dad awhile ago, and he mentioned a few poems that I might want to look up today:

To A Water Fowl (by William Cullen Bryan)

On Receipt Of My Mother's Picture (by William Cowper)
A man receives a photo of his mom, when he's old enough to be her father.

In Schooldays (by John Greenleaf Whittier)
About a boy who sulked because a girl beat him in a spelling contest. The girl felt bad about her triumph and his loss... because she loves him. And the boy, now a grown man, watches over the 40-year old grass growing over the girl's grave, and remembers those who loved him. Too bad I can't seem to find this poem online. Grrrr!

[ First posted on 02/14/2002 by Manuel Viloria ]