Oh Source of wisdom! I implore Thy aid to guide me safely o’er The slippery paths of youth: O deign to lend a steady ray To point the sure, the certain way To piety and truth! Let thy uneering influence shed Its soft blessings on Sarahs head, While piety and peace Thy genuine offspring round her wait And guard her through this transient state, To joys that never cease.

Full Text: Oh Source of wisdom! I implore Thy aid to guide me safely o’er The slippery paths of youth: O deign to lend a steady ray To point the sure, the certain way To piety and truth! Let thy uneering influence shed Its soft blessings on Sarahs head, While piety and peace Thy genuine offspring round her wait And guard her through this transient state, To joys that never cease.
Listed on Page Number: 310
Sampler Worked By: Sarah Hyde
Date of Sampler: 1813
Place Sampler Made: n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page: 178
Author/Publication/Country/Date: A Lady of Massachusetts [Hannah Foster Webster]. The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils…Boston: J.P. Peaslee, 1829, p. 119.
Notes: https://archive.org/details/boardingschoolo01fostgoog/page/n129/mode/1up Originally published in 1798 this was Webster’s second novel. It was less successful than her first, The Coquette, published in 1797. For more information on Hannah Webster Foster see: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hannah-Webster-Foster And https://archive.org/details/ad159e3c-c951-4244-a764-93baafe5c2a7/page/22/mode/1up?q=%22hannah+webster+foster%22