TO MY DEAR SISTER

Sister is a holy name

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 same bookmark with different coloured silks on some words

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 sb706 - To My Dear Sister.