Turpin's ride to York

 

TURPIN'S
RIDE TO
YORK
 
 
 
SHE KEPT HER CAREER UP
FOR MANY A LEAGUE,
WITH NO SLACKENING OF PACE
AND NO SIGN OF FATIGUE;
RIGHT ONWARD SHE WENT
TILL SHE STAGGERED AND DROPPED;
BUT HER LIMBS ONLY FAILED
WHEN HER HEART-PULSE HAD STOPPED.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
{image of Turpin on his horse, Black Bess}
{leaping the toll gate}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAY THE STEED THAT COMES
NIGH HER IN COURAGE AND FIRE
CARRY RIDER MORE WORTHY
TO MAKE ITS HEART TIRE,
THOUGH SHE SAVED HIM, AND DIED
TO PROVE WHAT SHE COULD DO,
YET HER LIVE WAS MOST PRECIOUS
BY FAR OF THE TWO.
                           ELIZA COOK
 
 
 
{image of the dead horse, Black Bess}
 
 
THE FAME OF DICK TURPIN,
HAD BEEN SOMETHING LESS,
IF HE'D NE'ER RODE TO
YORK, ON HIS BONNIE
BLACK BESS

24.5cm long by 5.5cm wide

 

Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end:
together with a woven diamond registration mark.

This design was registered on 28 May 1879, at the same time as the Stevens picture was registered.

 

Stevens credit and diamond registration mark on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark		DAY: 28
	BUNDLE: 19		YEAR: Y {1879}
		MONTH: E {May}