This sampler with its unusual border bears the following words:

I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them;
God hath no better praise, and man in his hasty days is honoured for them
I too will something make and joy in the making;
Altho' tomorrow it seems like the empty words of a dream remembered on waking.
When this you see, Remember me.

The stitch count is approximately 252 by 324. Stitched on 36 count linen, the design measures approximately 14 by 18 inches.