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The wise, the just, the copious and the brave Live in their deaths, & flourish from the grave. Grain hid in earth, repays the peasants care And evening suns but set to rise more fair.

Full Text
The wise, the just, the copious and the brave Live in their deaths, & flourish from the grave. Grain hid in earth, repays the peasants care And evening suns but set to rise more fair.
Listed on Page Number
290
Sampler Worked By
Silvia Pierce
Date of Sampler
1808
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
208-209
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Buchan, Alexander. Poems on Several Subjects Written by the Deceast Mr. Alexander Buchan. Edinburgh: Published by the Author’s Daughter, 1761. pg. 28
Notes
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_poems-on-several-subject_buchan-alexander_1761/page/n27/mode/1up?q=grain Originally the first line is “the pious” rather than “the copious” as our stitcher chose.