" For this was on seynt Volantynys day, Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make."
[Translation "For this was Saint Valentine's Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate."]
from Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)
Source: Wikipedia's Saint Valentine's Day
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