the image of this bookmark kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
image of large urn of flowers
TO
MY SISTER.
THERE IS A SOFT AND
GENTLE FORM,
WHICH OFT BEFORE MY
MEMORY SPRINGS,
RECALLING CHILDHOOD'S
HAPPY HOURS,
WITH ALL THEIR BRIGHT
IMAGININGS.
THAT STILL TO ME A
GUARDIAN SAINT,
CALL'S BACK THE THOUGHT
THAT'S PRONE TO ERR,
FORBIDDING OUGHT THAT E'ER
COULD CAUSE,
A SISTER'S BLUSH, A
SISTER'S TEAR.
