Each pleasing Art lends softness to the mind And with our studies are our lives refined As soft refinements flow from works of Art Our virtuous Actions real Bliss impart

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Each pleasing Art lends softness to the mind And with our studies are our lives refined As soft refinements flow from works of Art Our virtuous Actions real Bliss impart
Listed on Page Number
268
Sampler Worked By
Anna Brown
Date of Sampler
1797
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
34
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Ovid (43 BCE -17 CE)
Notes
Where Ovid's poem was published is unknown. References to verse author: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Some_Account_of_the_Life_of_Richard_Wils/qxE_VSCCm0YC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22And+with+our+studies+are+our+lives+refined%22&pg=PA217&printsec=frontcover https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Builder/6jVOAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ovid+%22each+pleasing+art+lends+softness+to+the+mind%22&pg=PA39&printsec=frontcover