Little Bud of opening red Where the blooming Graces dwell, Nodding o'er thy dewy bed, In thy verdant mossy cell. With lovers hand should some fond youth To Delia's breast thy beauties bear. Go and learn this sacred truth, that greater beauties flourish there.

Full Text
Little Bud of opening red Where the blooming Graces dwell, Nodding o'er thy dewy bed, In thy verdant mossy cell. With lovers hand should some fond youth To Delia's breast thy beauties bear. Go and learn this sacred truth, that greater beauties flourish there.
Listed on Page Number
256
Sampler Worked By
the sampler associated with this verse is not listed in B&C
Date of Sampler
1790
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
Unlisted in B&C
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Author Unknown. “The Moss Rose Bud” published in ‘The Freemason’s Magazine’. (publisher J.W. Bunney, London), September 1793. p.350.
Notes
The poem is published without attribution in The Freemason’s Magazine in 1793. There is a discrepancy of date bc the verse is listed as being from a sampler dated 1790, suggesting that the poem was first written earlier than 1793.