 | William Mason - 1774 - 316 pages
...Heav'n fo lately gave: To Briftbl's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form: fhe bow'd to-tafte the wave And died. Does Youth, does Beauty, read the line ? Does fympathetic fear their breafts alarm ? Speak, dead MARIA ! breathe a ftrain divine : Ev'n from the... | |
 | John Almon - English literature - 1784 - 586 pages
...fo lately gave : To Brirtoi's fount I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form : fhe bcm'd to tafte the wave, And died. Does youth, does beauty, read the line ? Does fympathetic fear their breafts alarm ? Speak, dead Maria ! breathe a ftrain divine : Ev'n from the... | |
 | American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...fo lately gave : To Briftol's fount I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form : fhe bow'd to tafte the wave, And died. — Does youth, does beauty, read the line? Does fympathetick fear their breafts alarm } Speak, dead Maria ! breathe a ftrain divine ; Ev'n from the... | |
 | William Mason - 1796 - 332 pages
...Heav'n fo lately gave : To Briftol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form : me bow'd to tafte the wave, And died. Does Youth, does Beauty, read the line ? Does fympathetic fear their breafts alarm ? Speak, dead MARIA ! breathe a ftrain divine: Ev'n from the grave... | |
 | William Mason - English poetry - 1803 - 252 pages
...or suffer' d or enjoy'd. Written in 1760. EPITAPHS. EPITAPH I. ON MRS. MASON. IN ERISTOL 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... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1807 - 788 pages
...of beauty, to snatch thee, descend, And bear thee to bloom in the garden of heaven. PAHIDEL EPITAPH. TAKE, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear, Take that best gift, which heaven so lately gavoTo Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form She bow'd to taste the wave. And died.... | |
 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...Sherman, of Kingston upon Hull, Esq. and Wife of the Rev. IVm. Mason, died March 27, 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... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...bloom in the garden of heaven. FARIDEL. EPITAPH. ..... ! TAKE, holy earth, all that my soul hold» dear, Take that best gift, which heaven so lately...''. To Bristol's fount I 'bore with trembling care • •/ V • .• Her faded form She bow'd to taste the wave, , д. And died. Does youth, does beauty... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...godlike youth:' Thus the Almighty spake: he spake and call'dmo Truth." And died ! Does youth, does Beanty read the line ? Does sympathetic Fear their breasts...alarm? Speak, dead Maria, — breathe a strain divine : E'en from the grave thou shalt have power to charm ! Bid them be chaste, be innocent like thee ;... | |
 | English literature - 1810 - 1018 pages
...Sherman, of Kingston-upon-Hull, Esq. and wife of the Rev. William Mason, died March 27, 1767, aged 28. Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear ! Take...Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded furm ; she bow'd to taste the wave — And dird. Does youth, does beauty read the line? Does sympathetic... | |
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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 bow'd to taste the wave, And died. 
