- Full Text
- Fair Verna lovely village of the west
Of every joy and every charm possessed.
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Hail smiling village happiest of the hills
How green thy grove[s] how pure thy [glassy] rills!
- Listed on Page Number
- 259
- Sampler Worked By
- Abigail Wright
- Date of Sampler
- 1811
- Place Sampler Made
- Medfield, MA
- Sampler Listed on Page
- 244
- Author/Publication/Country/Date
- Dwight, Timothy, 'The Columbian muse. A selection of American poetry, from various authors of established reputation." Publication info: New-York: : Printed by J. Carey, no. 91, Broad-Street., 1794. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple&rgn=full+text&c=evans&cc=evans&idno=N20429.0001.001&q1=fair+verna&submit=Go
- Notes
- Verse as published in The Columbian Muse:
Picture of a New England Village
[Line 1,2]
“FAIR Verna! loveliest village of the west;
Of every joy, and every charm, possess'd;
[Line 20, 21]
Sweet-smiling village! loveliest of the hills!
How green thy groves! How pure thy glassy rills!”
Also found in:
Greenfield Hill: a poem, in seven parts. I. The prospect. II. The flourishing village. III. The burning of Fairfield. IV. The destruction of the Pequods. V. The clergyman's advice to the villagers. VI. The farmer's advice to the villagers. VII. The vision, or prospect of the future happiness of America.Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817., Adams, John, 1735-1826, dedicatee.
GREENFIELD HILL. PART II. THE FLOURISHING VILLAGE
Line 1,2
FAIR Verna! loveliest village of the west;
Of every joy, and every charm, possess'd;
Line 73,74
Sweet-smiling village! loveliest of the hills!
How green thy groves! How pure thy glassy rills!