. Godey's lady's book . me sends her a new part. ON WORSTED WORK. So all-absorbing grows my taste for wool, That, like the sheep, I cry a whole bag full Dates now but take their impress from my work, Empires may fall—I care but for the Turk!Spare but the ottoman, I beg, I pray ; Divans and ottomans must have their sway;Immortal Cowper! thine was not a Task To muse on sofas; tis a boon I ask—Chairs, couches, covers, all-inspiring themes, With cushions to be worked they mingle in my as my needle plies its busy hour, Those I love I blend with every weaves those buds
. Godey's lady's book . me sends her a new part. ON WORSTED WORK. So all-absorbing grows my taste for wool, That, like the sheep, I cry a whole bag full Dates now but take their impress from my work, Empires may fall—I care but for the Turk!Spare but the ottoman, I beg, I pray ; Divans and ottomans must have their sway;Immortal Cowper! thine was not a Task To muse on sofas; tis a boon I ask—Chairs, couches, covers, all-inspiring themes, With cushions to be worked they mingle in my as my needle plies its busy hour, Those I love I blend with every weaves those buds so fair Into a bridal wreath for Minnies hair;That wreath of laurel, of unfading hue, Brings one, the loved and lost, again to graceful ivy twining round my hand, The cherished tendril of my native land ;And last, this bunch, forget-me-not, the name All that I covet on the page of fame. GODEYS ARM-CHAIR. 101 GOTHIC expressly for Godey,s Ladys Book by Samuel Sloan, Architect, PERSPECTIVE VIEW. This cottage is essentially gothic in its character. Itsappointments indicate its suitableness to the habits ofnorthern life. It is quite picturesque in appearance, and would form a pleasant feature in almost any land-scape. Principal Floor —A porch,S by 16 feet ; B hall, 8 by 16feet; C parlor, 18 by 16 feet;D sitting-room, IS by 16 feet ;E dining-room, 18 by 13 feet;F kitchen, with store-room at-tached ; G summer kitchen;H veranda. Second Floor.—I hall, J J Jchambers, K bed-room.
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