A birthday wish

same bookmark, but with large gaps between verses

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A BIRTHDAY
WISH.
 
 
 

scroll over flowers
with words:

HAPPY
MAY THY BIRTHDAY
BE

 
 
 
 
 
 
Many happy returns
of the day,
may its presence be
welcome each year,
and thy heart be as joy
-ous as May,
with a comfort for,
every tear.
May yearly each bur-
-den grow lighter,
as you travel life's
changeable road,
and every dawning
be brighter,
Till you reach the
bright heav'nly
abode.  
 

     

15.9cm long by 4.4cm wide

White
Purple
Red
 

Signed: "T. STEVENS COVENTRY." on back at pointed end:
This bookmark design was registered on 11 September 1871
 

Stevens logo and diamond registration mark on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark		DAY: 11
	BUNDLE: 1		YEAR: A {1871}
		MONTH: D {September}