Our days begin with trouble here Our life is but a span, And cruel death is always near So strange a thing is man, Then sew the seeds of grace whilst young That when thou comest to die Thou’ll sing that triumphant song Death where is thy victory.

Bolton & Co. Verse:: 190
Full Text: Our days begin with trouble here Our life is but a span, And cruel death is always near So strange a thing is man, Then sew the seeds of grace whilst young That when thou comest to die Thou’ll sing that triumphant song Death where is thy victory.
Listed on Page Number: 279
Sampler Worked By: Jane Savage
Date of Sampler: 1747
Place Sampler Made: n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page: 73
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Cotton, John. The New England Primer, British Colonial America, 1684-1690. (first published)
Notes: Also Stitched by: Sarah Catherine Moffat, 1802, Portsmouth, NH, p. 202. John Cotton’s New England Primer was first published between 1687-1690. Contents varied over time but no copies survive before 1727. Editions were published continuously through the 18th and 19th centuries. A 1777 edition online: https://archive.org/details/newenglandprimer00west/page/n43/mode/2up?q=trouble Current whereabouts unknown