[THE ROSE] The rose had been washed just washed in a shower, /Which Mary to Anna conveyed /The sleuthful moisture encumbered the flower /And weighed down its beautiful head. [haid]

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Full Text: [THE ROSE] The rose had been washed just washed in a shower, /Which Mary to Anna conveyed /The sleuthful moisture encumbered the flower /And weighed down its beautiful head. [haid]
Listed on Page Number: 260
Sampler Worked By: Eliza Picket
Date of Sampler: 1823
Place Sampler Made: Baltimore, MD
Sampler Listed on Page: 208
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Cowper, William. Written June 1783 in ‘The Gentleman’s Magazine. Also pub in June 1785, 1795.
Notes: Full poem: https://www.luminarium.org/eightlit/cowper/rose.htm#:~:text=The%20rose%20had%20been%20wash,d%20down%20its%20beautiful%20head. The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper. H. S. Milford, ed. London: Henry Frowde, 1905. 355. A MS copy is in the British Museum.