News & Events Support Contact Us Member Login About Us Welcome from the President NSCDA History Officers & National Board Staff Awards Careers Membership Preservation Collections Sampler Survey Great American Treasures Grants & Scholarships American Heritage Awards American Indian Medical Scholarship Attingham Scholarship Congressional Essay Contest Museum Alliance Grant Mission In Action Local & State Outreach Civic Engagement Lectures & Presentations Service to the Military Ancestry

First SPRING advances with her flowery train Next SUMMER’S hand that spreads the sylvan scene Then AUTUMN with her yellow harvest crownd And trembling WINTER close the annual round

Bolton & Co. Verse:
26
Full Text
First SPRING advances with her flowery train Next SUMMER’S hand that spreads the sylvan scene Then AUTUMN with her yellow harvest crownd And trembling WINTER close the annual round
Listed on Page Number
258
Sampler Worked By
Charlot Chadwick
Date of Sampler
1798
Place Sampler Made
Greenport, Long Island, NY
Sampler Listed on Page
37
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)/unknown/Ireland/n.d.
Notes
Verse comes from a poem titled, Wisdom. https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/wisdom-20 Boyse is known to have published from 1731-1749, often in 'Gentleman’s Magazine'. While Boyse was from Ireland, he also lived for periods of time in Edinburgh, Scotland, and London. Unknown where he was when this verse was written.