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Alas the brittle clay That built our body first And every month and every day Tis mouldering back to dust.

Full Text
Alas the brittle clay That built our body first And every month and every day Tis mouldering back to dust.
Listed on Page Number
311
Sampler Worked By
Sophia Stevens Smith
Date of Sampler
1818
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
224
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Watts, Isaac. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books, London: John Lawrence, 1707. Book 1, pg. 37.
Notes
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