Mysterious Heaven how wondrous are thy ways Let us not presume thy ways to scan Nor dare ‘gainst God a murmuring thought to raise For resignation is the part of Man.

Full Text: Mysterious Heaven how wondrous are thy ways Let us not presume thy ways to scan Nor dare ‘gainst God a murmuring thought to raise For resignation is the part of Man.
Listed on Page Number: 309
Sampler Worked By: Esther Gardiner
Date of Sampler: 1813
Place Sampler Made: Evesham, NJ
Sampler Listed on Page: 160
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Richardson, Charlotte. Poems Written on Different Occasions. Edited by Catherine Cappe, York: T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1806, p. 54.
Notes: https://archive.org/details/poemswrittenondi00richiala/page/54/mode/1up?q=resignation This is the last stanza of Charlotte Richardson’s “Elegy on the Death of the Late Robert Cappe.” For more on Charlotte Richardson: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charlotte-richardson