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Happy the maid who privileged by fate Too shorter labour and a lighter weight Received but yesterday the gift of breath Order’d tomorrow to return to death

Full Text
Happy the maid who privileged by fate Too shorter labour and a lighter weight Received but yesterday the gift of breath Order’d tomorrow to return to death
Listed on Page Number
288
Sampler Worked By
Nabby S. Tyler
Date of Sampler
1805
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
232
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Prior, Matthew. Poems on Several Occasions, Dublin: J. Hyde and R. Gunne. 1719, pg. 359
Notes
Originally published in 1718, only the 1719 edition appears online: https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/CKhYAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Order%E2%80%99d%20tomorrow%20to%20return%20to%20death The first line, “He happier yet,” is replaced with “Happy the maid” in the sampler. This sampler is now in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. https://collections.mfa.org/objects/66289/sampler;jsessionid=167104422ACB93A592FD6CB50DF2EE79?ctx=41a1538a-b0d8-4f77-a89a-2303cdb463fd&idx=1