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By degrees The human blossom blows and every day Soft as it rolls along shows some new charm Then infant reason grows apace and calls The kind hand of an assiduous care.

Full Text
By degrees The human blossom blows and every day Soft as it rolls along shows some new charm Then infant reason grows apace and calls The kind hand of an assiduous care.
Listed on Page Number
271
Sampler Worked By
Maria Louisa Crowinshield
Date of Sampler
1825
Place Sampler Made
Salem, MA
Sampler Listed on Page
144
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Thomson, James (1700-1748), “The Seasons: A Poem”, London, 1730.
Notes
see line 1098-1103. It omits line 1101. Full poem: https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/seasons-poem Other verses in this sampler are: 625 (2) and a version of the Golden Rule: “Do as you would be done by.”