Poetry
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oblong cover & 4 sheets secured by staples single folds, embossed inside first right:-A PSALM OF LIFE second left:--TELL ME NOT, IN MOURNFUL NUMBERS, LIFE IS BUT AN EMPTY DREAM! FOR THE SOUL IS DEAD THAT SLUMBERS AND THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM. third left ART IS LONG, AND TIME IS FLEETING, AND OUR HEARTS THOUGH STOUT AND BRAVE, STILL LIKE MUFFLED DRUMS ARE BEATING FUNERAL MARCHES TO THE GRAVE: 4 sides of text-see scans
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PW poetry
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logo over TRADE MARK --PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN AND T.R.H. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES -- RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD -- LONDON - PARIS - NEW YORK
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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
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7.8 x 13 cm.
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oblong cover & sheet secured by staples single folds, 3 grey borders inside first right:-LEAD KINDLY LIGHT second left:--LEAD KINDLY LIGHT AMID THE ENCIRCLING GLOOM, LEAD THOU ME ON THE NIGHT IS DARK AND I AM FAR FROM HOME LEAD ME THOU ON second right:-KEEP THOU MY FEET, I DO NOT ASK TO SEE THE DISTANT SCENE:ONE STEP ENOUGH FOR ME 2 more pages of text ending with WHICH I HAVE LOVED LONG SINCE AND LOST AWHILE date used 1910 (indicates King Edward VII period)
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PW poetry
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logo over TRADE MARK --PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN AND T.R.H. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES -- RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD -- LONDON - PARIS - NEW YORK
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J.H. NEWMAN
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9 x 11 cm.
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oblong cover & sheet secured by ribbon, single folds, embossed inside first right:-SINCERE GOOD WISHES second left:--WE CANNOT MAKE OLD TIME OBEY OUR WISHES, OR, FROM YEAR TO YEAR STREW ONLY ROSES ON THE WAY second right:-OF THOSE OUR HEARTS HOLD VERY DEAR: BUT TRUST ME, IF I ON LY COULD, FOR YOU AND YOURS I SURELY WOULD. 3 more double pages of text date used 1910 (indicates King Edward VII period)
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PW poetry
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logo over TRADE MARK --PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN AND T.R.H. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES -- RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD -- LONDON - PARIS - NEW YORK
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7.8 x 13 cm.
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oblong cover & sheet secured by ribbon single folds, 3 blue & gilt borders inside first right:-TO GREET YOU second left:--PROSPERITY UPON YOU SMILE, AND, AS YOU JOURNEY MAY YOU FIND THE WAY GROW FAIRER MILE BY MILE - SOME BLESSING MARK EACH TURN AND WIND second right:-LOVING SMILES THY PATH SURROUNDING, FRIENDLY CLASPS OF HAND ABOUNDING, TENDER KINDLY WORDS RESOUNDING - THESE THY DAILY CHEER! 2 more pages of text ending with AND FILL WITH GOLDEN SUNSHINE ALL THINE HOURS. date used 1910 (indicates King Edward VII period)
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PW poetry
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logo over TRADE MARK --PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN AND T.R.H. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES -- RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD -- LONDON - PARIS - NEW YORK
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7.8 x 13 cm.
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oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single folds, embossed inside first right:-TO WISH YOU EVERY JOY second left:--DOWN THE LONG AVENUE OF YEARS, WHERE'ER THY FEET ARE LED LIKE A FAIRY LEAFY ARCH ABOVE. second right:-MAY JOYS MEET OVERHEAD WHILE FLOWERS OF BLESSING, PEACE AND LOVE, THEIR FRAGRANCE ROUND THEE SHED third left:--PROSPERITY UPON YOU SMILE, AND, AS YOU JOURNEY MAY YOU FIND THE WAY GROW FAIRER MILE BY MILE -SOME BLESSING MARK EACH TURN AND WIND third right:-LOVING SMILES THY PATH SURROUNDING FRIENDLY CLASPS OF HAND ABOUNDING, TENDER KINDLY WORDS RESOUNDING - THESE THY DAILY CHEER! 3 more sides of text-see scans date used 1910 (indicates King Edward VII period)
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PW poetry
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logo over TRADE MARK --PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN AND T.R.H. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES -- RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD -- LONDON - PARIS - NEW YORK
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7.8 x 13 cm.
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