Sampler, Mary Halbert, English, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation; patches of cotton, ' Letters were first designed to instruct and bless mankind/ Seize pupils seize the present fleeing hour/ Improve the passing moment as it flies/ Youth will soon be past man is a flower/ Whose bloom soon fades alas how soon he Virtue and truth when are combined/ Refine the manners form the mind/ And when with industry they meet/ The female character is complete/ Mary Halbert sampler wrought in Westmoreland

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