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Thou canst not steal the roses bloom To decorate thy face But the sweet blush of modesty Will lend an equal grace. Now in the opening spring of Life Let every floweret bloom The budding virtues in thy breast Shall yield the best perfume.

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Thou canst not steal the roses bloom To decorate thy face But the sweet blush of modesty Will lend an equal grace. Now in the opening spring of Life Let every floweret bloom The budding virtues in thy breast Shall yield the best perfume.
Listed on Page Number
347
Sampler Worked By
Elizabeth Bunker
Date of Sampler
1812
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
134
Author/Publication/Country/Date
“To a Young Lady with a Nosegay,” The Poetical Monitor: Consisting of Pieces Select and Original, for the Improvement of the Young in Virtue and Piety…3rd ed., Elizabeth Hill, Editor, London: J. Skirven, 1803, p. 107.
Notes
Also stitched by: Franklin, Amelia, 1818, Maryland, p. 158 (two samplers); Franklin, Miloch E., 1818, n.p., p. 158; Hackney, Maria, April 1819, Mercer, PA, p. 166; Hackney, Maria, 1819, Mercer, PA, p. 166; Young, Elizabeth, 1823, Baltimore, p. 246. https://archive.org/details/poeticalmonitorc00hilliala None of the poems included in this work are attributed to a specific author, but the editor explains in the preface that some are her own.