This sampler with several unusual motifs bears the following words:

It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make man better be
Or standing long an oak, three hundred year
To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sere
A Lily of the day is fairer far in May
Although it fall and die that night
It was the plant and flower of Light...
In small proportions we just beauties see
And in short measures life may perfect be.

The stitch count is approximately 234 by 333. Stitched on 36 count linen, the design measures approximately 13 by 18 1/2 inches.