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Behold the blooming rose Behold the fading flower The fairest prospect how it goes To vanish in an hour

Full Text
Behold the blooming rose Behold the fading flower The fairest prospect how it goes To vanish in an hour
Listed on Page Number
293
Sampler Worked By
Lucinda Blood
Date of Sampler
1816
Place Sampler Made
Concord, MA
Sampler Listed on Page
129
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Brown, Francis H. Lexington Epitaphs. Boston, MA: Spatula Press, 1905. pg. 30.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/lexingtonepitaph00brow/page/30/mode/1up?q=%22the+fairest+prospect+how+it+goes%22 This is found as a local epitaph for a 3 year old child in nearby Lexington, MA by 1813. Sources for epitaphs may have come from collections known by pastors, and stone carvers.