Happy Valentine's Day!

I meant to post this yesterday, but never got around to it. This is the poem that was read at our wedding; Believe me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms, written by Thomas Moore. As my sister read it, I tried to hold back tears and thought, "Why did I choose this poem, of all poems. to be read at my wedding??" Seven long years later, it has new significance to me.

Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy-gifts fading away,
Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art,
Let thy loveliness fade as it will,
And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
Would entwine itself verdantly still.

It is not while beauty and youth are thine own,
And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear
That the fervor and faith of a soul can be known,
To which time will but make thee more dear;
No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets,
But as truly loves on to the close,
As the sunflower turns on her god, when he sets,
The same look which she turned when he rose.