Question: the poem roses are red violets are blue sugar is sweet and so are you?
Answer: And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew. A nursery rhyme significantly closer to the modern cliché Valentine's Day poem can be found in Gammer Gurton's Garland, a 1784 collection of English nursery rhymes: The rose is red, the violet's blue, The honey's sweet, and so are you.