School Girl Sampler by Phoebe Jones, early 19th Century, with a ram, lion, and floral sprigs, decorated with a boarder of dogs, birds, and floral motifs. Four short poems, signed “The gift of C.T. to her nurse”, “Phoebe Jones”.

“Father of All, in ev’ry age,
In ev’ry clime adord,
By saint by savage and by sage,
Jehovah, Jove, or Lord.”

“If I am right, O teach my heart,
Sill in the right to stay;
If I am wrong, oh teach my heart
To find that better way.”

“Teach me to feed another’s woe,
To hide the fault I see
That mercy I to others show
That mercy show to me.”

“Great First Cause, least understood,
Who all my sense consin’d,
To know but this, that thou art good,
And that myself am blind.”

12 in. x 12 in. Overall 15 in. x 15 in.