EXTRACT Virtue the strength and beauty of the soul Is the best gift of Heaven; a happiness That ever above the smiles and frowns of fate, Exalts great Natures favorites; it is the only good Man justly boasts of, or can call his own.

Full Text: EXTRACT Virtue the strength and beauty of the soul Is the best gift of Heaven; a happiness That ever above the smiles and frowns of fate, Exalts great Natures favorites; it is the only good Man justly boasts of, or can call his own.
Listed on Page Number: 723
Sampler Worked By: Alice Jarrett
Date of Sampler: 1810
Place Sampler Made: Jarrettown, PA
Sampler Listed on Page: 180
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Armstrong, John. The Art of Preserving Health; a Poem, London: A. Millar, 1744, p. 120.
Notes: https://archive.org/details/b30411592 The stitcher has selected lines 282-285, and concludes with line 288. The word “Extract” is not part of the original poem. It may appear in the source which our stitcher copied it from. Lists of worthy phrases for students to copy were often subtitled as extracts in school books of the time.