Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1600–1601): "To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine.
כמו כן, יום ולנטינוס מוזכר בעיצבון על ידי אופליה במחזה המלט (1600-1601)): To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine.