| Card designed by Kate Greenaway, ca. 1880's
Marcus Ward & Co.
Front: MIRTH AND JOY FOR TO-DAY SHOULD BE
THEREFORE I BRING THIS CUP TO THEE.
Back: WITH BEST WISHES
In this Cup, this sparkling Cup,
Friends, I pledge thee here,
With all wishes for they weal
Thro' this coming year:
And a messenger I send,
This my Cup to bear,
Chosen for his gracious mien
And his beauty rare.
Let fair Gebe? bate no jot
Of her winsome grace,
As with brimming Cup she stands
In her wonted place;
Lest the Gods, if haply they
This Cup-bearer spy,
Deeming him too fair for earth
Call him up on high!
G.P.M.
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