Youth you must not on numerous years depend, For unknown accidents your steps attend Some sudden illness soon may stop thy breath And prove an inlet to Eternal Death.

Full Text
Youth you must not on numerous years depend, For unknown accidents your steps attend Some sudden illness soon may stop thy breath And prove an inlet to Eternal Death.
Listed on Page Number
289
Sampler Worked By
Sophia Newton
Date of Sampler
1807
Place Sampler Made
Woodbridge (CT?)
Sampler Listed on Page
201
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Wright, George. The Rural Christian; or, the Pleasures of Religion…London: J. Buckland, 1772. pg. 21
Notes
Our stitcher selected lines from Book 1, pg. 21: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-rural-christian-or-_wright-george-esq_1772/page/n30/mode/1up