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Motto for a painted Work-Box.
Might this light toy presume to teach,
With radiant brow and pictur'd speech,
The lesson of its choice would be,
“Redeem the day from sloth,—through me:”
With radiant brow and pictur'd speech,
The lesson of its choice would be,
“Redeem the day from sloth,—through me:”
So, while it aids with ready art
The busy needle's dexterous part,
Soft let it whisper to the heart,
The absent giver's name,—and prove,
The sweet remembrancer of love.
The busy needle's dexterous part,
Soft let it whisper to the heart,
The absent giver's name,—and prove,
The sweet remembrancer of love.
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