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Swept with a hasty torrent hence Like a vain dream we pass Spring up and grow and wither soon As doth the short-lived grass

Full Text
Swept with a hasty torrent hence Like a vain dream we pass Spring up and grow and wither soon As doth the short-lived grass
Listed on Page Number
312
Sampler Worked By
Sarah Treat
Date of Sampler
1818
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
231
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Henry, Matthew. Family-Hymns. Gather’d (mostly) out of the best Translations of David’s Psalms. London: Thomas Barkhurst, 1695. pg. 61.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_family-hymns_henry-matthew_1695/page/60/mode/2up?q=%22Swept+with+a+hasty+torrent+hence%22 This is a selected stanza from Hymn LIV, in the section For a Death in the Family.