The 2002 movie Mr. Deeds that starred Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder was a remake of the 1936 film Mr. Deeds Goes To Town which is about a frustrated greeting card writer guy who suddenly inherits a corporate dynasty when a long lost relative died.

On the 2002 remake, Deeds recited a poem he made to Pam Dawson (Winona) and by the movie’s end, the poem was published by a leading greeting card company all over the world. On the 1936 movie, Longfellow Deeds wrote a letter with his poem in it for Mary Dawson. It’s quite romantic really, here it goes:

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"I tramped the earth with hopeless beat
Searching in vain for a glimpse of you.
Then heaven thrust you at my very feet--
A lovely angel, too lovely to woo.

My dream has been answered
But my life's just as bleak.
I'm handcuffed and speechless in your presence divine.

For my heart longs to cry out,
If it only could speak,
'I love you, my angel. Be mine. Be mine.'"

- Longfellow Deeds' poem to 'Mary Dawson' in MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)


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