A birthday gift

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 36  22a 302
 
 
same bookmark, but with
large gaps between verses
 
same bookmark with larger spacing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
< - - large gap - - >
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
< - - and here - - >
 
 
 
 
 
bookmark with normal spacing
 

Words:

 
 
 
 
 

A BIRTHDAY GIFT.

 

image of wreath of various flowers
surrounding words:-

HAPPY
MAY THY
BIRTHDAY
BE
 
 

ALL HAIL TO THE DAY OF YOUR BIRTH
ON THIS MORN
FOR YOUR HEALTH AND PROSPERITY
ALWAYS I PRAY,
MAY YOUR LIFE BE ALL ROSES, AND
FREE FROM A THORN,
AND MAY YOU HAVE "MANY HAPPY
RETURNS OF THE DAY."

AND THOUGH YEARS ROLL BY WITH
UNVARYING ROUND,
AND OLD AGE CREEP ON, AS WE
TRAVEL OUR WAY,
YET STILL, WITH A LOVE THAT LIFE
ONLY CAN BOUND,
I'LL WISH YOU "A HAPPY RETURN
OF THE DAY."

 
 

motif of four diamond
shapes in a pattern
 
The following images are of the same bookmark, but with different coloured silks used in the words and pattern.
 
bookmark with elaborate image of wreath surrounding words
image above kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
 
same bookmark with different coloured silks
 
same bookmark with different coloured silks
same bookmark with different coloured silks
       
Size of Silk:
23.0cm long by 5.5cm 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
Stevens logo on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark

Michael Darby recorded the version with abnormally large spacing as 22c.

 

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