A 19th C. needlework sampler with verse, floral border and rural motifs. Verse, ‘Rain, or dew, As show’rs on meadow newly mown Jesus shall shed his blessings down. Crown’d with whose life-infusing drops. Earth shall renew her blissful crops. Lands that beneath a burning sky. Have long been desolate and dry. Th’ effusions of his love shall share. And sudden greens and herbage wear. The dews and rains, in all their store. Drenching the pastures o’er and o’er. Are not so copious as that grace. Which sanctifies and saves our race. As in soft silence vernal show’rs Descend and cheer the fainting flow’rs. So in the secrecy of love. Falls sweet influence from above. That heavenly influence let me find In holy silence of the mind: While ev’ry grace maintains its bloom. Diffusing wide its rich perfume.' Mary Grime’s Work Aged 10 Years’ Image 17” x 25.75”, Frame 20” x 29”.

Some staining.