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Title (descriptive)
May Christmas bells with golden chime - Ring in your ear this happy time
Creation Date
1880
Work Type
Christmas cards
Style / Period
Victorian
Materials / Techniques
die cutting
Measurements
9.5 x 4.75 inches
Inscription
[recto, bottom:] May Christmas bless with golden chimes - Ring in your ear this happy time [verso, printed on bell:] Hark the bells are softly ringing / In the morn light to and fro, / Just as when we used to hear them / Many a Christmas day ago / And my heart goes out towards you / While I listen to the chimes / With the same warm love that met / In the dear old bygone times. / Copyright H. M. Burnside [verso, printed upside down on bell handle:] Mercy / and / Truth / have met / together / Righte / ousness / and / Peace / have / k [text obscured by torn paper, "kissed each other". Psalm 85:10]
Keywords
Christmas; bells (aerophone components)