To Mrs. Elizabeth Griffiths

I now sit down with pen and ink
To write some words just as I think
Those words for you I do intend
And when they are done I will them send.

It is upon the quilt we gave
And which you in possession have;
The lines I know they will be many
But I will not charge you a penny.

The blocks you know a great many
And I do not mean to pass by any,
Their number I think is sixty two
So please don’t weary before you are through.

In it there are birds and fruit, and flowers
That it would take me many hours,
To describe them all minute
And then perhaps, it might not suit.

First the hearts are joined together
And look as though they na’er would sever,
And then it went from heart to lip
That we must show our warm friendship.