To my sister

TO

MY SISTER

 THERE IS A SOFT AND
 GENTLE FORM,
 WHICH OFT BEFORE MY
 MEMORY SPRINGS,
 RECALLING CHILDHOODS
 HAPPY HOURS,
 WITH ALL THEIR BRIGHT
 IMAGININGS,
 THAT STILL TO ME A
 GUARDIAN SAINT,
 CALLS BACK THE THOUGHT
 THAT'S PRONE TO ERR,
 FORBIDDING OUGHT THAT E'ER
 COULD CAUSE,
 A SISTER'S   BLUSH, A
 SISTER'S       TEAR.

image of flowers

Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end:
and there is an incomplete woven diamond registration mark, although this silk was not registered.