[A THOUGHT] How like the fleeting wind away Whole years of joy depart But oh how slowly does one day, Move to the mournful heart.

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[A THOUGHT] How like the fleeting wind away Whole years of joy depart But oh how slowly does one day, Move to the mournful heart.
Listed on Page Number
283
Sampler Worked By
Ruth Dow
Date of Sampler
1792
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
42
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Galais, Nicholas. “A Thought.” The Town and Country Magazine, Or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment. Vol. 4, 1772. p. 440
Notes
Also stitched by: Cutler, Sophia, 1801, n.p., p. 145 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Town_and_Country_Magazine_Or_Univers/3CY3AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22How+like+the+fleeting+wind+away%22&pg=PA440&printsec=frontcover