Anna Pope Sampler

Anna Pope is my name
With my needle I wrought fame
And this sampler does declare
"Ye shall not die"

Begin with alphabet and number
Then a verse of madrigal song
Let loose with birds and beasts and trees
A paradise garden, Adam on his knees

Of female arts and usefulness
A needle far exceeds the rest
Make use this hour while in thy power
And next may not be thine

A cheerful mind we yield to men
The higher honors of the pen
Many thousand, thousand stitches
It takes to sew the men their britches

She's a girl with a quiet look
She sits in a chair and reads a book
A dog may bite a thief at night
An eagle's flight is out of sight