TO MY COUSIN

(flowers)
I'd have your life . . (aught)

Woven by E. Bollans & Co.

Reference Number:-   Bollans catalogue number:-  
obo 656   70  

 
Bookmark with title words, image of flowers and words of verse
 

Words:

TO MY
COUSIN
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

image of flowers

 
 
 
 
 
 
 I'D HAVE YOUR LIFE A
 ROUND OF JOYOUS DAYS
 A CLOUDLESS TIME, ILLUMINED
 BY BRIGHT RAYS,
 A TIME OF GLADNESS FREE
 FROM AUGHT OF STRIFE
 SUCH, DEAREST COUSIN, WOULD
 I MAKE YOUR LIFE.
 
Recorded by John High in his unpublished list
Size of Silk:

15.4cm long by 4.2cm wide

Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
signed: "E. BOLLANS & Co LEAMINGTON." on the top turn-over:
Bollans logo on the reverse top turn over of this bookmark
Bollans logo on the reverse top turnover of this bookmark
 

This bookmark is identical to Welch & Lenton - recorded as owe656.

It is worth noting that there are two Bollans bookmarks recorded as "To My Cousin / I'd have your life . .".
One is shown above, and has the word "AUGHT" in the third to last line.
The other bookmark however has instead the word "OUGHT", and this version is recorded as obo657.

 
 

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