 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 bowed to taste the wave, And died.  Poems - Seite 47von William Mason - 1803 - 235 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1807 - 788 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1810 - 1018 Seiten
...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 that best gift which heaven so lately gave ; To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded furm ; she bow'd to... | |
 | 1811 - 768 Seiten
...were the lines ? Epitaph, — as in the Edition of Mason's Poems, 1771 : On Mrs. Mason, in Bristol Cathedral : " Take, holy earth ! all that my soul...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. taste the wave, And... | |
 | 1811 - 750 Seiten
...were the lines • Epitaph, — as in the Edition of Mason's Poems, 1771: On Mrs. Masin, in Pristol Cathedral : " Take, holy earth ! all that my soul holds dear: Take that best gift, which lleav'n so lately gave : [care. To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling Her faded form ; she bow'd... | |
 | 1811 - 386 Seiten
...dress, To quiet all thy heart's alarms, - And bid thy tears for ever cease! EPITAPH ON MRS. 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 bow'd... | |
 | John Nichols - 1813 - 762 Seiten
...SHERMAN, of Kingston-upon-Hull, Esq and wife of the Rev. WILLIAM MASON, died March 97th, 1767, aged 28. Take, Holy Earth, all that my Soul holds dear ; Take that best gift, which Heav'n so lately gave j To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to taste the wave, And died.... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1813 - 696 Seiten
...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 that best gift which Heaven so lately gave : To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to... | |
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