 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1807 - 788 pages
...charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee, Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly more. And if as fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love, Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, Twas so to thee : yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts her... | |
 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...from the grave tbou shall have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; 3* Atid, if so fair, from vanity as free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in lave. ^Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die, ("twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...? 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...in friendship, and as fond in love — Tell them, (ho' 'tis an awful thing to die, (Twas e'en to thee I) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its... | |
 | William Mason - Church music - 1811 - 526 pages
...Prosopopaeia. EPITAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS. EPITAPH I. ON MRS. MASON, IN THE CATHEDRAL Or BRISTOL. 1 AKE, holy earth ! all that my soul holds dear : Take that...firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts... | |
 | William Mason - Church music - 1811 - 516 pages
...sympathetic fear their breasts alarm ? Speak, dead MARIA ! breathe a strain divine : Ev'n from the grave ihou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be...firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1811 - 524 pages
...their breasts alarm ? Speak, dead MARIA ! breathe a strain divine : Ev'n from the grave thou shall have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent,...firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1813 - 514 pages
...In vol. II. p. 285, 1. 22, the Rev. Stephen White, rector of Holton, Suffolk, is said to have "died Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them...firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) ; yet, the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1813 - 742 pages
...have "died 1 ВЙ them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in Duty's sphere as meekly move j And if so fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, 4 ('Twos ev'n to thee) ; yet, the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...Bid them be chaste, be innocent like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere, as meekly tnov» : And if as fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love ; Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas e'en to thee) yet the dread path once trod, . Heaven lifts... | |
 | John Corry, John Evans - Bristol - 1816 - 490 pages
...line ? Does sympathetic fear their breasts alarm? Speak, dead Maria ! breathe a strain divine: Er 'n from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid...firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('T was CV'H to thee) yet the dread path once trod, * Decies repctita... | |
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Even from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in Duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful... 
