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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pat P, post: 91459, member: 201&quot;]Well, the plot thickens with the poem on this book plate. I started working on a listing for it so typed out the poem, and then compared it to the versions printed in the different mid-19th century publications I had found.</p><p><br /></p><p>The version in my plate is missing the first stanza and another in the middle. That doesn&#039;t surprise me since there was limited room inside the garland.</p><p><br /></p><p>What does surprise me is that although most of the lines and words are the same, there are some significant differences in the words in some of the lines. So now I&#039;m left to ponder... did Miss Post use &quot;poetic license&quot; with the words to fit her taste? Or did she base her version on a different printed version that I haven&#039;t located? Or, perhaps, could she have been the poet in the first place and this was an earlier version?</p><p><br /></p><p>Having written some poetry in my time, the changes feel like the type a poet might make, but that may be wishful thinking on my part.</p><p><br /></p><p>The person Bakers located, who I think is most likely &quot;my&quot; Ms. Post, was born early enough that she could have been the poet or could have seen a version that was even earlier than the earliest publication I found. I did more searches and didn&#039;t locate anything that could provide answers. Anyone have any suggestions?</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than to tell me, that is, to stop being such a perfectionist since I plan on selling this and it isn&#039;t likely to go for much anyway and knowing whether she was the poet or where the poem first appeared probably won&#039;t affect the price. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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