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 the image of this bookmark kindly donated by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands |
A
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
image of red flowers
with stem down left side of bookmark
ending with forget-me-not flowers
MANY
HAPPY
RETURNS
OF THIS DAY
I WOULD WISH
UNTO THEE:
MAY THE LOVE
OF A FRIEND,
EVER TRUE TO THE END
STEER THY BARQUE
ON LIFE'S
TROUBLESOME SEA.
IF SORROW
SHOULD CAST
O'ER THY LIFE
A SHADOW,
MAY HOPE
HOVER NIGH,
THEN A SMILE OF
CONTENTMENT WILL
QUICKLY REPLACE
THE SADNESS
EXPRESSED
BY A
SIGH.