When snow descend, and robes the fields In winters bright array Touched by the sun the lustre fades And weeps itself away When Spring appears- when violets blow And shed a rich perfume How soon the fragrance breathes its last How short lived is the bloom Fresh in the morn the summer rose Hangs withering ere tis noon We scarce enjoy the balmy gift But mourn the pleasure gone With gilding fire an evening star Streaks the autumnal skies Shook from the sphere it darts away And in an instant dies

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Full Text: When snow descend, and robes the fields In winters bright array Touched by the sun the lustre fades And weeps itself away When Spring appears- when violets blow And shed a rich perfume How soon the fragrance breathes its last How short lived is the bloom Fresh in the morn the summer rose Hangs withering ere tis noon We scarce enjoy the balmy gift But mourn the pleasure gone With gilding fire an evening star Streaks the autumnal skies Shook from the sphere it darts away And in an instant dies
Listed on Page Number: 258
Sampler Worked By: Lucy Perkins
Date of Sampler: 1792
Place Sampler Made: Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Sampler Listed on Page: 68
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Hervey, James .'Reflections on a Flower Garden in a Letter to a Lady England' 1746
Notes: Second part of Meditations among the Tombs.