My dear mother

same bookmark, with different
coloured silk words
 

 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

MY
DEAR
MOTHER

 
 
 

WHAT'ER MY LOT IN
LIFE MAY BE,
MY SOUL SHALL EVER
CLING TO THEE,
AND SIGH FOR CHILDHOOD'S
HOURS AGAIN,
WHEN YOUR SOFT VOICE
SOOTHED EVERY PAIN,
FOR EVER HAVE I FOUND
IN THEE,
AN HELM IN EVERY TROUB-
-LED SEA;
AND STILL IN FANCY DO
THY ARMS,
DEFEND ME FROM THE
WORLD'S ALARMS.

 
 

17.0cm long by 4.2cm wide

 

Signed: "T. STEVENS. COVENTRY." on back at pointed end:

Stevens logo on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark