TO MY DEAR SISTER

Sister is a holy name

Reference Number:-	Darby Number:-	Godden Number:-
sb 2292	356	754

same bookmark attached to stiff backing paper dated to 1880-05.

same bookmark with different coloured silks on some words

different colour on motif at pointed end

Words:

TO MY DEAR
SISTER

SISTER, IS
A HOLY NAME,
AND HOLY
THOUGHTS INSPIRES;
THE LOVE A SISTER
E'ER CAN CLAIM,
THE HEART NOR
PALLS OR TIRES.

motif of fuscia flowers

THOUGH FATE DIVIDES
US ON OUR WAY,
YET STILL THE
THOUGHT THAT CLINGS,
TELLS WE WERE ONE
IN CHILDHOOD'S DAYS
AND FOND
REMEMBRANCE BRINGS.

Size of Silk:	15.2 cm long by 4.1 cm 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 Apart from the omission of the letter "A" in the first line of the verse, this bookmark is identical to sb2291 - To My Dear Sister.

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This page was created on 30 August 2001
new green and blue image added 18 February 2005, and removal of invalid image, together with correction to title on 14 December 2015
image attached to backing paper added 12 September 2019

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