Where it all Started

THE HISTORY OF VALENTINES DAY

It all started when emperor Claudias issued a decree that young people were not to marry one another. The emperor believed that the young unmarried men going out to war fought better than young married men going out to war. It was thought that men who were young and married worried about what would happen to their wives and children if they died. This is where St. Valentine comes in. St. Valentine was a Roman priest who wanted young couples to marry within the Christian Church, so he secretly married the young couples and went against the emperor's decree. At this time there were not very many soldiers, and when men married they did not have to go to war. So in this way St. Valentine saved many men from going to war. Eventually St. Valentine got caught and was imprisoned. Supposedly, while he was imprisoned, one man named Asterius had a daughter who was blind, and when St. Valentine prayed for her she was healed and Asterius became a Christian. When the day came for St. Valentine’s execution (February 14), it is believed that he said his last words to Asterius’s daughter. And his words stated, “from your Valentine.”

By: Shannon Ortega

Here are two pictures of St. Valentine, who became a martyr for secretly marring young couples. Going against the emperor’s decree meant that St. Valentine had to be executed.

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FOR YEARS, SONGWRITERS HAVE GIFTED US WITH BEAUTIFUL SONGS ABOUT LOVE, POURING EVERY EMOTION INTO THEIR WORDS AND SOUND. VALENTINE’S DAY IS AROUND THE CORNER, AND NOW IS A WONDERFUL TIME TO REFLECT ON SOME OF THE BEST LOVE SONGS OF ALL TIME.

1) Dolly Parton “I Will Always Love You” -The country track was released on June 6, 1974, but was later released by Whitney Housten in 1992.

2) Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender” - This song was recorded in 1956, and it was adapted from the tune of “Aura Lee”, a sentimental Civil War ballad.

3) Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” - This track happens to be the main theme of the 1997 blockbuster hit “Titanic”. The music was written by James Horner and the lyrics by Will Jennings.

4) Michael Bublé, “Haven’t Met You Yet” - A personal favorite, this song is the first single from the Canadian singer’s fourth album, which was released on August 31, 2009. Bublé says that the single is "about everyone's dream of finding a relationship and love."

5) The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” - This was written by John Lennon in 1969 when The Beatles were challenged to create a song with a message that everyone understood. Brian Epstein, The Beatles’ manager, said “The nice thing about it is that it cannot be misinterpreted. It is a clear message saying that love is everything”.

6) Adele “Make You Feel My Love” - In 2008, Adele recorded "Make You Feel My Love" for her #1 debut album 19. Originally by Bob Dylan, Adele's version is featured in the soundtrack of the 2010 film When In Rome.

7) Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time” - This song was nominated for Song of the Year at the 1985 Grammy’s. Scott Floman, music critic for Goldmine magazine, described the song as "gorgeously heartfelt" and "one of the decade’s finest ballads".

8) The Pretenders “I’ll Stand By You” - Recorded in 1994, this song is a ballad that pledges love and faithfulness in times of personal darkness.

9) REO Speedwagon “Can’t Fight This Feeling” - This track was released in the UK on December 31, 1984 and in the US on January 23, 1985. “Can’t Fight This Feeling” is about a man falling in love with a woman that he has been friends with for a long time.

10) Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” - Released on August 18, 1998, this song helped Aerosmith open up to a new generation.

MY TOP 10:My V-Day Playlist

1. Bruno Mars “Just The Way You Are”2. Coldplay “Yellow”3. One Direction “Little Things”4. The Fray “Look After You”5. Hunter Hayes “Wanted”6. James Durbin “Love Me Bad”7. Ed Sheeran “Lego House”8. Maroon 5 “Love Somebody”9. Train “Drops of Jupiter”10.We The Kings “Check Yes, Juliet”

TOP TEN GREATEST LOVE SONGS

ARTICLE BY SARA COMARSH

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William Shakespeare was an English actor, playwright and poet who is best known for his plays Hamlet,

Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet. His works include about 38 plays, two long narrative poems, and 154 sonnets.

Shakespeare’s sonnets consist of fourteen lines, three four line stanzas called quatrains, and a two line couplet.

Shakespeare’s sonnets explore the themes of love, aging, beauty, desire, the passage of time, and feelings of

uselessness.

William Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Shall I compare you to a summer’s day?You are more lovely and more constant:Rough winds shake the beloved buds of MayAnd summer is far too short:At times the sun is too hot,Or often goes behind the clouds;And everything beautiful sometime will lose its beauty,By misfortune or by nature’s planned out course.

But your youth shall not fade,Nor will you lose the beauty that you possess;Nor will death claim you for his own,

Because in my eternal verse you will live forever.

So long as there are people on this earth,So long will this poem live on, making you immortal.

Sonnet 18 Paraphrase

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

SONNET 29PARAPHRASEWhen, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,

When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men,

I all alone beweep my outcast state

All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast,

And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,

And pray to heaven, but my cries go unheard,

And look upon myself and curse my fate,

And I look at myself, cursing my fate,

Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,

Wishing I were like one who had more hope,

Featured like him, like him with friends

possess'd,

Wishing I looked like him; wishing I were surrounded by friends,

Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,

Wishing I had this man's skill and that man's freedom.

With what I most enjoy contented least;

I am least contented with what I used to enjoy most.

Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,

But, with these thoughts – almost despising myself,

Haply I think on thee, and then my state,

I, by chance, think of you and then my melancholy

Like to the lark at break of day arising

Like the lark at the break of day, rises

From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;

From the dark earth and (I) sing hymns to heaven;

For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth

brings

For thinking of your love brings such happiness

That then I scorn to change my state with

kings.

That then I would not change my position in life with kings.

When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,I all alone beweep my outcast stateAnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,And look upon myself and curse my fate,Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,Featured like him, like him with friends possess’d,Desiring this man’s art and that man’s scope,With what I most enjoy contented least;Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,Haply I think on thee, and then my state,Like to the lark at break of day arisingFrom sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate;For thy sweet love remember’d such wealth bringsThat then I scorn to change my state with kings.

From the dark earth and (I) sing hymns to heaven;For thinking of your love brings such happinessThat then I would not change my position in life with kings.

When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men,All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast,And pray to heaven, but my cries go unheard,And I look at myself, cursing my fate,Wishing I were like one who had more hope,Wishing I looked like him; wishing I were surrounded by friends,Wishing I had this man's skill and that man's freedom.

I am least contented with what I used to enjoy most.But, with these thoughts – almost despising myself,I, by chance, think of you and then my melancholyLike the lark at the break of day, rises

When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men,All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast,And pray to heaven, but my cries go unheard,And I look at myself, cursing my fate,Wishing I were like one who had more hope,Wishing I looked like him; wishing I were surrounded by friends,Wishing I had this man’s skill and that man’s freedom.I am least contented with what I used to enjoy most.But, with these thoughts – almost despising myself,I, by chance, think of you and then my melancholyLike the lark at the break of day, risesFrom the dark earth and (I) sing hymns to heaven;

For thinking of your love brings such happiness

That then I would not change my position in life with kings.

Sonnet 27 Paraphrase

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;

But you shall shine more bright in these contents

Than unswept stone besmear’d with sluttish time.

When wasteful war shall statues overturn,

And broils root out the work of masonry,

Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burn

The living record of your memory.‘Gainst death and all-oblivious

enmityShall you pace forth; your praise

shall still find roomEven in the eyes of all posterityThat wear this world out to the

ending doom.So, till the judgment that yourself

arise,You live in this, and dwell in lovers’

eyes.

Not marble, nor the gilded monumentsOf princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;But you shall shine more bright in these contentsThan unswept stone besmear’d with sluttish time.When wasteful war shall statues overturn,And broils root out the work of masonry,Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burnThe living record of your memory.‘Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity

Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find roomEven in the eyes of all posterityThat wear this world out to the ending doom.So, till the judgment that yourself arise,You live in this, and dwell in lovers’ eyes.

Not marble, nor the gold-plated shrinesOf princes shall outlive the power of poetry;You shall shine more bright in these versesThan on dust-covered gravestones, ravaged by time.When devastating war shall overturn statues,And conflicts destroy the mason’s handiwork,the cause of war (Mars) nor the effects of war (fire) shall destroyThe living record of your memory (this poem).Against death and destruction, which render people forgotten,Shall you push onward; praise of you will always find a place,Even in the eyes of future generationsThat survive until the end of humanity.So, until you arise on Judgment Day,You are immortalized in this poetry, and continue to live in lovers’ eyes.

Sonnet 55 Paraphrase

That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold,Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.In me thou seest the twilight of such dayAs after sunset fadeth in the west,Which by and by black night doth take away,Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest.In me thou see’st the glowing of such fireThat on the ashes of his youth doth lie,As the death-bed whereon it must expire,Consum’d with that which it was nourish’d by.This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

In me you can see that time of yearWhen a few yellow leaves or none at all hangOn the branches, shaking against the cold,

Bare ruins of church choirs where lately the sweet birds sang.In me you can see only the dim light that remainsAfter the sun sets in the west,Which is soon extinguished by black night,The image of death that envelops all in rest.I am like a glowing emberLying on the dying flame of my youth,As on the death bed where it must finally expire,Consumed by that which once fed it.This you sense, and it makes your love more determinedCausing you to love that which you must give up before long.

Sonnet 73 Paraphrase

Happy

Valentine’s

Day!!!

Valentine’s DayMovie Favorites

Imagine this, you’ve just returned home with your significant other after a lovely fine-dining experience in honor of Valentine’s Day. Instead of going back out and possible wasting money on a movie in theaters, you decide instead to relax, snuggle up, and watch some romantic Netflix movies you may feel appropriately

capture the essence of this beloved holiday. Upon opening Netflix, one may feel a little overwhelmed with the amount of movies there actually are. But no need to worry, here are some of my personal favorites that are, in my opinion, some of the most romantic and touching films that both you, and

your ‘better half ’ will enjoy (I’ll keep it short). Let’s revisit the past for a minute, City Lights, the 1931 classic, starring acclaimed actor, Charlie Chaplin, was always one of my favorites as a kid, and still remains one of my favorites to this day. Widely considered Chaplin’s best film, this simple and sweet story has the ‘beloved buffoon’ going to outrageous lengths to raise money for a blind girl’s ‘miracle cure’ with hopes that after the fact she’ll love him. It’s a cute and funny tale, that has a brilliant and joyous message for all to enjoy. The last romantic movie pick

that I’ll be sharing with you has always had a special place in my heart. It’s one of my favorite movies, hands down, and that is the Pixar animated adventure, WALL-E. though many of you may thing that this movie isn’t a traditional “romantic film”, but don’t be fooled. Although the primary tale is about a robot discovering his purpose and where he fits in life, the underlying story is a cute, and might I say, adorable story about a lonely robot finding love. The movie itself has a terrific message and is definitely worth the watch. Well, sadly this is all I happen to have time for, so enjoy your Valentines Day, be safe, and watch some movies.

The Mystery of Cupid.Aphrodite was one of the three people trying to ruin the relationship of Cupid and Psyche. Cupid was told to be a loving and caring husband to Psyche. They had a strange arrangement where she was never able to see him, but she didn’t mind considering he was a god and gave her everything. When her sisters found out about her amazing life style, they wanted to deface the secret of her husband. He had been hiding his face from her. Cupid was a god and was the son of Aphrodite. He had to be gorgeous but for some reason he didn’t want his wife to see him. Psyche’s sisters did not know for sure that he was a god, but they had a hunch that he was. They used their sister’s insecurities to convince her that her husband was a hideous and monstrous looking person. Although she did not believe them, she just in case took a candle at night and found out for herself that he was the most beautiful man she had ever seen...