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" Heav'n so lately gave : To 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 fear their breasts alarm ? Speak, dead MARIA ! breathe a strain divine... "
The Works of William Mason - Page 137
by William Mason - 1811
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Poems

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...
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The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a Collection of Fugitive ..., Volume 6

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...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...Earth,! all that my Soul holi dew! Take that belt G : ft which Heav'n fo lately gave ; To Brr/fors Fount I- bore with trembling Care Her faded Form : She bow'd to tafte the Wave, And died«—Does Youth, does Beauty. read the Line? Does fympathetic Fear their Breafts...
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Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and Verse

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...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...earth ! all that my foul holds dear : Take that beft gift, which Heav'n fo lately gave. To Briftol's fount I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form. She bow'd to tafte the wave — And difd. Does youth, does beauty, read the line ? Does fympathetic fear their breaft...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...holy earth ! all that my foul holds dear : Take that beft gift, which Heaven fo lately To Biiftol's fount I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form. She bow'd to tafte the \vavc — And died. Does youth, does beauty read the line i Does fyinpathetic fear their...
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Poems, Volume 1

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...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 4

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1807 - 788 pages
...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...
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A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes ...

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...wave And died. Does youth, does beauty, read the line r Does sympathetic fear their breasts alarm ? Speak, dead Maria ! breathe a strain divine : Ev'n from...
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The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 72

English literature - 1810 - 1018 pages
...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 that best gift which heaven so lately gave ; To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded furm ; she bow'd to...
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