Across

3.

Queen Victoria chose a white wedding dress in the 1840's instead of the traditional royal ___ dress.

6.

___ were often found on 19th century valentines as they were a traditional love token.

9.

Cupid was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god ___.

12.

___ valentines of the 19th century could be vulgar and spiteful.

14.

Heathcliff was in love with ____.

16.

Henry VIII believed it was an aphrodisiac and so consumed it everyday.

18.

Considered a divine aphrodisiac by Egyptian pharaohs

20.

Giving a red rose bud tells your lover you are budding with ___.

22.

In a famous 19th century scandal, Victoria ___ exposed an affair of the preacher Henry Ward Beecher.

24.

Mark Twain wrote: No man or woman knows what ___ love is until they've been married a quarter of a century.

27.

The drink of love

29.

An old Valentine's superstition says that if you see a ___ fly overhead, you'll marry a sailor.

30.

In the 1700's women pinned five ___ leaves to their pillows and sprinkled them with rose water hoping to see their future husband in their dreams.

31.

King Edward VII's favorite mistress

35.

The business of my soul shall be forever to ___ thee.

36.

Queen Victoria mourned Albert for ___ years.

38.

Giving a woman an open ___ rose asks: Will you love me?

39.

The forget-me-not is the flower of ___.

40.

Oh, never let thine ___ grow cold.

Down

1.

Cupid is the son of Jupiter and Venus who delights in love and ___.

2.

French word for love

4.

Edward VIII loved ____ so much that he gave up the throne for her.

5.

Samuel Johnson said that a second marriage is the triumph of ___ over experience.

7.

A late 19th century saying goes: Everybody loves a ___.

8.

To be awakened by a ___ on Valentine's Day is considered lucky.

10.

Many young men in the 19th century turned to a valentine ___ when they needed help with a love letter.

11.

___ is considered to be the unluckiest month to wed.

12.

A ___ is the Christian depiction of Cupid.

13.

In addition to diamonds and emeralds, ___ were used in 19th century engagement rings.

15.

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: Thou are to me a delicious ___.

17.

A popular Victorian valentine looked like a ___.

19.

___ makes the heart grow fonder.

21.

In Roman mythology, cupid is the God of ___ love

23.

In O Henry's famous love story, Della sells her ___ to buy her husband a gift.

25.

In the 19th century ___ love usually meant the ability to freely choose to end a marriage or relationship.

26.

Richard ___ invented the first Valentine's Day candy box in the late 1800's.

28.

Three courses of ___ were fed to 19th century bridegrooms due to its reputed aphrodisiacal powers.

32.

To my heart you hold the ___.

33.

Although June is believed to be the most popular month for marriage, statistics show that it's really ___.

34.

Victor Hugo said that the supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are ___.

37.

Emily Dickinson wrote: Love and I had the ___ to win, we drew a circle that shut him in.