The rosey red, The violet blue, Sugar is sweet my dear and so are you

Full Text
The rosey red, The violet blue, Sugar is sweet my dear and so are you
Listed on Page Number
257
Sampler Worked By
Mary Snively
Date of Sampler
1814
Place Sampler Made
Cumberland County, PA
Sampler Listed on Page
224
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Original: Sir Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, 1590 (Book 3, Canto 6, Stanza 6). Later, made famous by Gammer Gurton's Garland, Collection of English Nursey Rhymes, 1784.
Notes
Mary Snively was 13 years old when she stitched her sampler. More familiar verse: Roses are red. Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet. And so are you.