image above kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
 

 

 

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

image above kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands

 

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

Michael Darby recorded the same design of bookmark, but with abnormally large spacing between the centre wreath pattern and words, and again between the words and final diamond motive. This variation is recorded on this site as sb40.