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May my fond genious [sic] as I [w]rite Seek the fair fount where knowledge lies On wings sublime trace heavens abode And learn my duty to my God.

Full Text
May my fond genious [sic] as I [w]rite Seek the fair fount where knowledge lies On wings sublime trace heavens abode And learn my duty to my God.
Listed on Page Number
305
Sampler Worked By
Eliza Harden
Date of Sampler
1803
Place Sampler Made
Portland, ME*
Sampler Listed on Page
168
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Jocelin, Simeon, pub. The Chorister’s Companion. New Haven, CT 1782n, CT, 1782.
Notes
*Maine was part of the MA Bay Colony until 1803. https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/The_Child%27s_Request_(Lewis_Edson) References to this verse have the word “rise”, not [w]rite. See above link.