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Ye whose fond wishes do to heaven aspire, Who make those blest abodes their souls desire If you are wise and hope that bliss to gain Use well your time spend not an hour in vain Let not tomorrow your vain thoughts employ But think this day the last you shall enjoy

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Ye whose fond wishes do to heaven aspire, Who make those blest abodes their souls desire If you are wise and hope that bliss to gain Use well your time spend not an hour in vain Let not tomorrow your vain thoughts employ But think this day the last you shall enjoy
Listed on Page Number
295
Sampler Worked By
Frances Strong
Date of Sampler
1821
Place Sampler Made
Northampton, MA
Sampler Listed on Page
228
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Dilworth, Thomas. A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five Parts. London: Henry Kent, 13th ed., 1751. pg., 138
Notes
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_a-new-guide-to-the-engli_dilworth-thomas_1751/page/138/mode/1up?q=%22fond+wishes+do+to+heaven+aspire%22 Thomas Dillworth’s 13th edition is the first found online.