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THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE How short the connexions we form In a world so uncertain as this How soon will eternitys storm Sweep away all the phantoms of bliss Tho’ pleasure may charm with her breath And point to her magical bowers Yet she hides the keen dagger of death In a sheath made of blossoms and flowers

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THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE How short the connexions we form In a world so uncertain as this How soon will eternitys storm Sweep away all the phantoms of bliss Tho’ pleasure may charm with her breath And point to her magical bowers Yet she hides the keen dagger of death In a sheath made of blossoms and flowers
Listed on Page Number
296
Sampler Worked By
sampler not listed in B&C
Date of Sampler
1830
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
not listed in B&C
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Anonymous. “The New Year.” The Boston Recorder, Vol.2, Issue 3, 14 January 1817. Pg., 12
Notes
https://archive.org/details/sim_congregationalist-and-herald-of-gospel-liberty_1817-01-14_2_3/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22How+short+the+connexions+we+form%22 This is a selected stanza from this poem. The sampler’s phrase “The Uncertainty of Life” is not included in the poem’s original text. This verse is unattributed to any sampler listed in Bolton & Coe