Ye sprightly are whose gentle mind incline Then let the needle whose unrivalled skill To all that’s joyous innocent and fine Exalts the needle above the noble quill. With admiration in your works are read The various texture of the twining thread.

Bolton & Co. Verse:: 168
Full Text: Ye sprightly are whose gentle mind incline Then let the needle whose unrivalled skill To all that’s joyous innocent and fine Exalts the needle above the noble quill. With admiration in your works are read The various texture of the twining thread.
Listed on Page Number: 276
Sampler Worked By: Booksey (?) COle
Date of Sampler: 1817
Place Sampler Made: Sulton, Mass
Sampler Listed on Page: 140
Author/Publication/Country/Date: T. J Wooler/Reasoner: or Controversial Magazine; published by Socratic Institution/London/January 1814.
Notes: Booksey completed this sample at the age of 14. Polly Warner, age 11, did a variation of this verse (Lancaster Public Library) Found in “Over the River and Through the Wood: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century …” p. 466 and 539. edited by Karen L. Kilcup, Angela Sorby On page 466, it says “wrought by Polly Warner 1817 at 11 years of age” https://books.google.com/books?id=kf8mAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA539&dq=%22Ye+sprightly+are+whose+gentle+mind+incline%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK8LW7gqiIAxW9MjQIHQ-gF6cQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Ye%20sprightly%20are%20whose%20gentle%20mind%20incline%22&f=false The verse is also located in the museum of Mount Vernon: https://emuseum.mountvernon.org/objects/8445/washington-memorial-sampler;jsessionid=55984E5DB6669C8E228A7F0FC011CC30