To a friend

Like the evergreen so
(flowers in centre)

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 2220 not listed not listed
 

same bookmark, but with different
colours of words
 
Bookmark with words and image of flowers in the middle
 
 
 
Bookmark with words and image of flowers in the middle
Words:
 
 
 
 

TO A

FRIEND

 
Like the Evergreen so shall
our Friendship be

SOME LIKEN THEIR LOVE TO THE
BEAUTIFUL ROSE,

AND SOME TO THE VIOLET SWEET
IN THE SHADE:

BUT THE FLOWER QUEEN DIES WHEN
THE SUMMER DAY GOES,

AND THE BLUE EYE SHUTS UP WHEN
THE SPRING BLOSSOMS FADE!

SO WE'LL CHOOSE FOR OUR EMBLEM
A STURDIER THING,

WE WILL GO TO THE MOUNTAIN
AND WORSHIP ITS TREE:

THEN A HEALTH TO THE CEDAR
THE EVERGREEN KING,

LIKE THAT EVERGREEN SO SHALL
OUR FRIENDSHIP BE.

 
image of flowers

 

IT GROWETH IN MIGHT AND
ENDURETH FOR LONG:

AND THE LONGER IT LIVETH THE
NOBLER THE TREE;

THEN A HEALTH TO THE CEDAR
THE TRUE AND THE STRONG;

LIKE THE EVERGREEN SO SHALL
OUR FRIENDSHIP BE!

AND SO SHALL ALL CHANGES THAT
FORTUNE CAN BRING,

FIND OUR SPIRITS UNALTER'D AND
STAUNCH AS THE TREE;

THEN A HEALTH TO THE CEDAR
THE EVERGREEN KING,

LIKE THAT EVERGREEN SO SHALL
OUR FRIENDSHIP BE.

                                    (ELIZA COOK)

 

Size of Silk:
22.0cm long by 5.0cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end

Stevens logo on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark
Stevens logo on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark

 



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