We stand exposed to every sin While idle and without employ. But business holds our passions in And keeps out all unlawful joy.

Full Text
We stand exposed to every sin While idle and without employ. But business holds our passions in And keeps out all unlawful joy.
Listed on Page Number
286
Sampler Worked By
Abigail Guild
Date of Sampler
1802
Place Sampler Made
Dedham, MA
Sampler Listed on Page
166
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Watts, Isaac. Reliquiae Juveniles: miscellaneous thoughts in prose and verse… London: Richard Ford, 1734. pg. 293.
Notes
Also stitched by: Guild, Mariann, 1819, Dedham, MA, pg. 166. https://archive.org/details/uvenil00watt/page/293/mode/1up?q=sin