To my sister

the image of this bookmark kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands

TO
MY SISTER

 

THERE IS A SOFT AND
GENTLE FORM,
WHICH OFT BEFORE MY
MEMORY SPRINGS,
RECALLING CHILDHOODS
HAPPY HOURS,
WITH ALL THEIR BRIGHT
IMAGININGS,
THAT STILL TO ME A
GUARDIAN SAINT,
CALLS BACK THE THOUGHT
THAT'S PRONE TO ERR,
FORBIDDING OUGHT THAT E'ER
COULD CAUSE,
A SISTER'S BLUSH, A
SISTER'S TEAR.

 

 

 

 

image of flowers

 

19.0cm long by 4.0cm wide

 

Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end:
and there is an incomplete woven diamond registration mark, although this silk was not registered.