 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...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... | |
 | 1823 - 734 pages
...expression occurs in the epitaph which Mason composed for his wife, who died of a decline at Bristol wells : To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form: she bow'd to taste the wave. This phrase, which is. to signify drinkiitg a glass of water, had never been... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...Sherman, of Kingston-upon-HuIl, Esq. and wife of the Rev. Wm. Mason,s 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... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...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 fo.unt I bore with trembling' care ' Her faded form — she... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...which 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...their breasts alarm ! Speak, dead Maria ! breathe a stra:n divine ; E'en from the grave thou shalt have pow'r to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent... | |
 | 1826 - 492 pages
...epitaph was written by her husbaud, the Reverend William Mason :— " Take, holy earth, all that my sool holds dear ; Take that best gift which Heaven so lately gave. To Bristol's fount 1 hore, with trembling care, Her faded form ; she bow'd to taste the wave, And died ! Do youth and... | |
 | 1826 - 310 pages
...holy Friendship stands a mourner here. Mallet. EPITAPH ON MRS. MASON, Ml THE CATHEDRAL, OF BRISTOL. 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 bowM to... | |
 | John Chilcott - 1826 - 270 pages
...repeat them : — Take, holy ciirih, all that my soul holds dear; Take that best gift which beav'n so lately gave : To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded fonti, she bow'd to taste the wave And died. Does youth, does beauty read the line ? Does sympathetic... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...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 - 414 pages
...To Bristol's fount I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form ; — She bow'd to taste the wave, 5 And died. Does youth, does beauty, read the line ? Does sympathetic fear their breast alarm ? Speak, dead Maria ! breathe a strain divine : Ev'n from the grave thou shall have pow'r... | |
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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. 
