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| CATHERINE BENSON Aged 7 CHESTER 1826 |
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An early 19th century sampler, by Catherine Benson aged 7 years Chester 1826. worked in red with William Cowper's 1785 poem "The Rose".
The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower,
Which Mary to Anna convey'd,
The plentiful moisture incumber'd the flower,
And weigh'd down its beautiful head.
The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet,
And it seem'd to a fanciful view,
To weep for the buds it had left with regret,
On the flourishing bush where it grew.
I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was,
For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd,
And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas!
I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground.
And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part
Some act by the delicate mind,
Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart
Already to sorrow resign'd.
This elegant rose, had I shaken it less,
Might have bloom'd with its owner awhile,
And the tear that is wip'd with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Catherine was born 29th July 1818 in Chester to Mary & Elizabeth a Bootmaker of the city. She marries late in life aged 35 to Henry Martindale, a School Master, and later Country Treasurer , they had four children. She died aged 68 in January 1888.
maple-framed, overall 54cm x 41cm No holes or repairs, a few old very faint fox marks, generally good condition |
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