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" THE REV. W. MASON. TAKE, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear; Take that best gift, which Heaven so lately gave. To Bristol's fount I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form—she how'd to taste the wave, And died ! Does youth, does beauty read the... "
Sabbath Recreations: Or, Select Poetry of a Religious Kind - Page 177
by Emily Taylor - 1839 - 288 pages
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Poems

William Mason - 1803 - 252 pages
...or suffer'd or enjoy'd. Written in 1760. EPITAPHS. EPITAPH I. ON MBS. MASON. IN BRISTOL CATHEDRAL. TAKE, holy Earth! all that my soul holds dear: Take that best gift which Heav'n so lately gave: To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form: she bow'd to taste...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 4

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1807 - 788 pages
...when the short season of blooming shall end, Which fate to the children of nature has given, EPITAPH. TAKE, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear, Take that best gift, which heaven so lately gavg. To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form She bow'd to taste the ware. Does...
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The history and beauties of Clifton hot-wells, and vicinity

George William Manby - 1806 - 138 pages
...indeed I never visited it but I felt and partook of the sorrows—as of a friend. Take, holy eatth, all that my soul holds dear; Take that best gift,...Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form : she bowed to taste the wave Speak, dear Maria: breathe a strain divine; E'en ftom the grave...
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical ..., Volume 2

1806 - 886 pages
...BRISTOL CASHEDRAI*- .-" ' \ ON MARY, The wife of fheRev. W. MASON, ttho died March 37, 1767, aged 28. TAKE, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear, Take that best gift, which heav'n so lately gars; To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to...
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American Lady's Preceptor: A Compilation of Observations, Essays, and ...

1811 - 386 pages
...tears for ever cease! EPITAPH ON MRS. MASON. TAKE, holy earth! all that my soul holds dear, ‘r&tke that best gift which Heaven so lately gave! To Bristol's fount I bore, with trembling care, 11cr faded form—she bow'd to taste the wave And died. Does youth, does beauty, read the line, Does...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 81, Part 1; Volume 109

1811 - 768 pages
...the lines? Epitaph, as in the Edition of Mason's Poems, 1771: On Mrs. Mason, in lirisrol Cathedral: “Take, holy earth! all that my soul holds dear: Take that best gift, which Heav'n so lately gave: [care. To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling Her faded form; she bow'd to...
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The Works of William Mason, Volume 1

William Mason - 1811 - 526 pages
...Prosopopajia. EPITAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS. EPITAPH I. ON MRS. MASON, IN THE CATHEDRAL OF BRISTOL. 1 AKE, holy earth ! all that my soul holds dear: Take that best gift which Heav'n so lately gave: To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form : she bow'd to...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Original Delineations, Topographical ...

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1813 - 696 pages
...is no way remarkable except for the inscription, which was composed by. Mr Mason himself:— •• Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear: Take...Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to taste the wave, And died. Does youth, does beanty read the line? Does sympathetic...
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing ..., Volume 7, Part 1

John Nichols - 1813 - 514 pages
...SHERMAN, of Kingston-upon-Hull, Esq. and wife of the Rev. WILLIAM MASON, died March 27th, 1767, aged 28. Take, Holy Earth, all that my Soul holds dear ; Take that best gift, which Heav'n so lately gave ; To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...sought his ancient place, And pass'da life of piety and peace. IX.—On the death of Mm. Mason.—MASOK. TAKE, holy earth ! all that my soul holds dear : Take...Bristol's fount I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form. She bow'd to taste the wave, And died. Does youth, does beauty read the line ? Does sympathetic...
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