Bij Valentijnsdag
Illustratie uit: Vies de saints door Richard de Montbaston et collaborateurs
Sint Valentijn en zijn leerlingen
Love and Friendship
Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship like the holly-tree—
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?
The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again
And who will call the wild-briar fair?
Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now
And deck thee with the holly’s sheen,
That when December blights thy brow
He still may leave thy garland green.
Emily Brontë (30 juli 1818 – 19 december 1848)