Words:
[1st fan:]
{E.B. & Co. printed on top}
With best
wishes
[2nd fan:]
I wish you
many
Happy Returns
of the day
[3rd fan:]
May each returning
birthday be
Filled with happiness
for thee
And peace her balmy
perfume shed
Around thy steps by
Mercy led.
[4th fan:]
Emblem of Modesty.
Fain would'st thou hide thy head
Sweet flower it cannot be,
The constant fragrance shed
Around thy leafy bed
Betrayeth thee.
[5th fan:]
Like the lily fair
Let thy heart e'er be
Emblem of Truth and Purity
Shielding from every snare,
And ever guiding thee
To a joyous immortality.
