Many happy returns of the day

May its presence

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 1282 not recorded not recorded
 

 
bookmark with words of a verse
 

Words:

 
 
 
 
 
 
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 BURDEN
GROW LIGHTER,

AS YOU TRAVEL LIFE'S
CHANGEABLE ROAD,

AND EVERY DAWNING BE
BRIGHTER,

TILL YOU REACH THE BRIGHT
HEAV'NLY ABODE.

 
Size of Silk:
cm long by cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
It is not known how this bookmark is signed on the reverse, although as the design and words of the verse (omitting the title) are identical to A Birthday Wish (sb80), which is believed to be of STEVENS manufacture, there can be little doubt the bookmark above was also woven by STEVENS.
 


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