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These tender blossoms of the opening year Secure from storms still claim a parents’ tear.

Full Text
These tender blossoms of the opening year Secure from storms still claim a parents’ tear.
Listed on Page Number
286
Sampler Worked By
Harriet Jones
Date of Sampler
1802
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
182
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Greensted, Frances. Fugitive Pieces, Maidstone: D. Chalmers, 1796. pgs. 31, 28.
Notes
Both lines are taken from this book and the first line is directly taken from an epitaph on this page: https://archive.org/details/fugitivepieces00greegoog/page/n45/mode/1up?q=blossom The second line is an amalgam of the same epitaph in the first link and adds the phrase, “Secure from storms,” from this page: https://archive.org/details/fugitivepieces00greegoog/page/n42/mode/1up?q=storms