 | William Mason - 1774 - 316 pages
...free; As firm in friendfhip, and as fond in love. Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlafting portals high, And bids " the Pure in heart behold their GOD." EPITAPH II. On tbe Honourable... | |
 | John Almon - English literature - 1784 - 586 pages
...free, As firm in Friendfhip, and as fond in Love : Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlafting portals high, And bids " the pure in heart behold their God." W. MASOK. EPITAPH ON MISS... | |
 | William Mason - 1796 - 332 pages
...free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlafting portals high, And bids "the Pure in heart behold their GOD." VoL. I. E EPITAPH EPITAPH... | |
 | William Mason - English poetry - 1803 - 252 pages
...free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die, (Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids "the Purein heart behold their God." • EPITAPH II. ON THE HONOURABLE MISS DRUMMOND, IN THE CHURCH OF BRODSWORTH,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...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 everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in bean behold their God! ROBERT BURNS. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. Jiwmfcrf to Robert AHe*, Etg. Let... | |
 | English literature - 1810 - 1018 pages
...firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, tho' « 'tis in awful thing to die, ('Twas even to thee) — yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids i he ' pure in heart behuld the» Cod.' 119. In the same place. William Powell, Esq. one of the Patentees... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1811 - 768 pages
...as fond in love : Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die ('Twasev'nto thee);yet, the dre»d paft once trod, Heav'n lifts. its everlasting portals high, And bids '• the pure in heart behoM their God." THE ENGLISH GARDES*. After an Invocation to " Simplicity," and the " Sistfer Powers"... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1813 - 742 pages
...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...portals high, And bids " the pure in heart behold their Gor> !" The Author of a late "Account of all the Watering Places/' . mentioning Southampton and Ramsey,... | |
 | John Evans - Bristol (England) - 1818 - 216 pages
...free, As fair in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twa« ev'n to thee,) yet, the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bid» " the pure in heart behold their God," On the left of the transept, entering from the College-Green,... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...friendship, aud as font] in love. Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die — Twas ev'n to tliee— yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in heart liehold their God." EPITAPH ON MATTHEW PRIOR, THE POET, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Nobles and heralds, by... | |
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Ev'n from the grave thou shall 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... 
