Counted cross stitch chart, a reproduction from original piece of Elizabeth Harding back in 1791. This sampler features red house, a poem, flowers and beautiful border.
There are two verses here. The first is based on the Biblical parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15: 11-32, and appears in a book published in 1720 called "New Guide to the English Tongue in Five Parts" by Thomas Dilworth, an English cleric.
"Christs Arms do still stand open to receive
All weary Prodigals that Sin do leave
For them he left his Fathers blest Abode
Made Son of Man to make Man Son of God
To cure their Wounds he Life s Elixir bled
And dyd a Death to raise them from the Dead"
The second verse is a poem attributed to John Dryden (1631-1700):
"Fragrant the Rose is but it fades in Time
The Violet sweet but quickly past the Prime
White Lillies hang their Heads and soon decay
And whiter Snow in Minutes melts away
Such and so with ring are our early Joys
Which Time or Sickness speedily destroys"
Stitch count: 367 x 425
