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This little bag
This little bag I hope will prove
To be not vainly made--
For, if you should a needle want
It will afford you aid.
And as we are about to part
T'will serve another end,
For when you look upon the Bag
You'll recollect your friend
In Jane Austen's time, people would exchange small gifts on Twelfth Night or Christmas. They were usually handmade tokens of remembrance.
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In 1792, Jane gave her niece Caroline a small needle bag along with this poem.
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