THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

THE
COMPLIMENTS
OF THE
SEASON

I STOOD WITH DELIGHT IN THE
SNOW COVER'D LANE,
AND WHISPER'D, SEE, SEE,
ROBIN COMES,
WHILE I FONDLY ENTICED HIM
AGAIN AND AGAIN,
WITH THE HANDFUL OF
SAVOURY CRUMBS.

 
 
 
 
 
 

image of little girl
feeding a robin
in the snow

 
 
 
 
 
 

HOW I WISH I COULD WELCOME
THE SPRING BONNIE BIRD,
WITH A CAROL AS JOYOUS
AS THINE:
WOULD MY HEART WERE AS LIGHT
AS THY WING BONNIE BIRD,
AND THY BEAUTIFUL
SPIRIT-SONG MINE.

 

cm long by cm wide

 

Signed: "WELCH & LENTON. COVENTRY" on the back top turnover:
 

Welch & Lenton name woven on reverse top turn-over

This bookmark was registered on 27 April 1874, with a Diamond Registration Mark woven on the reverse pointed end:

Diamond Registration mark on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark		DAY: 27
	BUNDLE: 2		YEAR: U {1874}
		MONTH: H {April}