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Friendship’s a pure a Heav’n descended flame Worthy the happy region whence it came The sacred eye that virtuous spirits binds The golden chain that links immortal minds

Bolton & Co. Verse:
80
Full Text
Friendship’s a pure a Heav’n descended flame Worthy the happy region whence it came The sacred eye that virtuous spirits binds The golden chain that links immortal minds
Listed on Page Number
265
Sampler Worked By
Barbara Laird
Date of Sampler
1807
Place Sampler Made
Georgetown, DC
Sampler Listed on Page
185
Author/Publication/Country/Date
unattributed in "Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and Verse; Collected from Various Authors, for the Use of Schools, and Improvement of Young Persons of Both Sexes (Philadelphia, 1787).
Notes
A second sampler with the same verse is pictured and discussed in this exhibit https://sites.google.com/view/mchs75objects-com/57-sampler