Well, that time of the year has arrived with all the cheesy cliches that surround the execution of a Catholic saint Valentine-what a strange way to celebrate a loved one?

So high entranced am I with thee
That naught else do I barely see
So being blind to this romance
My heart it soars and starts to dance.
- Is happiness returning?

So beloved of me art thou
That I still love you even now.
Despite the passage of long years,
The joys, the sorrows and the tears.
- My thoughts still stray with yearning.

Though I am common in a crowd,
With you I sense I'm standing proud
And in assurance grown quite strong,
Despite the distance of the throng.
-With you I'm always learning.

So enamoured of thee am I,
That I will love you till I die.
And in remembering every breath
That we will triumph over death.
-The wheel of life keeps turning.

So devoted to you am I,
While castles crumble and fortunes fly.
My love remains in constancy,
Now constant in eternity.
- The fire of love keeps burning.

All Good things 
Come to an end 
And then Return...

She Loves Me Knot

Here's a link to the month of February to celebrate the occasion and gain some insight into Shakespeare's Almanack, the Seasonal Cycle of Elizabethan Plays, Pageants, Revels and Feasts. Shakespeare's plays were usually commissioned for performance at court either to entertain some visiting foreign dignitary, to celebrate a state occasion/wedding or some military or diplomatic achievement. (See “The Elizabethan Festival Cycle”). Depending on their success and popularity the court plays might then go on to be performed at one of the public theatres, usually in London such as the Globe, Curtain or Blackfriars.

Happy Valentine's Day!