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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

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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
Listed on Page Number
285
Sampler Worked By
Sally Lyons
Date of Sampler
1800
Place Sampler Made
New Haven, CT
Sampler Listed on Page
192
Author/Publication/Country/Date
probably Supply Belcher (1752-1836) psalmist from Maine. No
Notes
Also worked by Brownell, Mary Ann.n.p., 1816, p133. Perkins, Lucy. 1792. Liverpool, Nova Scotia. verse 24 (1-4), p.258. The two verse in 245 are also used as (2) and (3) in Verse 24 found on page 258. Supply Belcher is the author of the verses. They are referred to here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Meditations_and_contemplations/-9ECAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=balmy+gift&pg=PA217&printsec=frontcover