A card sent to someone at Hartwell House in 1790 has been found at the hotel off the Oxford Road, near Aylesbury.
The message on the front reads:
“Farewell you sweet and turtle dove. On you alone, I fixed my love. And if you never can be mine. I never can no comfort find!”
Inside, a handwritten verse reads:
‘Life they say is but a span
Let’s be happy while we can Life is short then don’t decline
Therefore make your choice today
Let me pray thee to be mine
Oh my dear sweet Valentine
You are not sure my dearest dear
Of a Valentine next year
Pray thee answer by a line
If you will be my Valentine.’
Pictures courtesy of Hartwell House. The National Trust
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