 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 páginas
...itself And cries aloud against the iniquity. BY W. MASON OK THE DEATH op HIS WIFE, is 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 bowed to... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 páginas
...lost no friend ! Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, ON MRS. MASON.—Rev. Wm. Mason. TAKE, sacred earth, all that my soul holds dear, Take that best gift which Heaven so lately gave 5 To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to taste the wave, And died!—Does... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 páginas
...presentiment formed above forty years ago! anfc 35nsr,nptttins. ON MRS. MASON, IN THE CATHEDRAL OF BRISTOL. 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, doesBeauty read the line? Does sympathetic... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 páginas
...turning, sought his ancient place, And pass'da life of piety and peace. IX.—On the Death of Mrs. Mason. 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 b(»w'd... | |
 | Collection - 1823 - 334 páginas
...Bristol Cathedral, on MARY, the Wife of the REV. W. MASON, who died March 27, 1767; aged 28 years. 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... | |
 | 1824 - 486 páginas
...Sherman, of Kingston : upon-Hull, Esq. and wife of the Rev. Wm. 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 bowed to... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 páginas
...are rushing toward it, but it is fixed, and can never be disturbed. Greenwood. 104. Epitaph on Mrs. Mason. 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 páginas
...decay have never reached that; the revolution of ages has never moved it; the 104. . Epitaph on Mrs. Mason. 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... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 páginas
...sought his ancient place, And pass'da life of piety and peace. IX—On the Death of Mrs. Mason.—MASON. TAKE, holy earth ! all that my soul holds dear : Take that best gift, which heaven so lately gavej To Bristol's fount I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form. She bow'd to taste the wave,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 páginas
...are rushing toward it, but it is fixed, and can never be disturbed. Greenwood. 104. Epitaph on Mrs. Mason. Take, holy earth ! all that my soul holds dear...I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form;—She bow'd to taste the wave, 5 And died. Does youth, dpes beauty, read the line 1 Does sympathetic fear... | |
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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... 
