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The Works of William Mason

... In Four Volumes

Mason, William (1725-1797)

TO ROBERT EARL OF HOLDERNESSE, BARON D'ARCY, MENIL AND CONYERS, LORD WARDEN OF HIS MAJESTY'S CINQUE PORTS, AND GOVERNOR OF DOVER CASTLE.

MUSÆUS:

ODES.

ODE I. TO MEMORY.

II.

ODE II. TO A WATER-NYMPH.

III.

ODE III. ON LEAVING ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, 1746.

IV.

ODE IV. ON EXPECTING TO RETURN TO CAMBRIDGE, 1747.

ODE V. FOR MUSIC.

VI.

ODE VI. TO INDEPENDENCY.

VII.

ODE VII. TO A FRIEND.

VIII.

ODE VIII. ON THE FATE OF TYRANNY.

IX.

ODE IX. TO AN ÆOLUS'S HARP

ODE X. FOR MUSIC. IRREGULAR.

XI.

ODE XI.

XII.

ODE XII. TO THE NAVAL OFFICERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

XIII.

ODE XIII.

XIV.

ODE XIV. TO THE HON. WILLIAM PITT.

XV.

XVI.

ELEGY I. TO A YOUNG NOBLEMAN

II.

ELEGY II. ADDRESSED TO MISS PELHAM ON THE DEATH OF HER FATHER.

III.

ELEGY III. WRITTEN IN THE GARDEN OF A FRIEND.

IV.

ELEGY IV. TO THE REV. MR. HURD.

ELEGY V. ON THE DEATH OF A LADY.

VI.

ELEGY VI. WRITTEN IN A CHURCH-YARD IN SOUTH WALES, 1787.

SONNETS.

SONNET I. SENT TO A YOUNG LADY WITH DODSLEY'S MISCELLANIES.

II.

SONNET II. PRESENTED TO A FRIEND ON THE MORNING OF HIS MARRIAGE.

III.

SONNET III. AUGUST, 1773.

IV.

SONNET IV. TO THE RIGHT REVEREND THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY, PREFIXED TO THE DRAMATIC POEM OF CARACTACUS, WHEN ALTERED FOR STAGE REPRESENTATION.

SONNET V. TO A VERY YOUNG PAINTER.

VI.

SONNET VI. TO GEORGE BUSSY VILLIERS EARL OF JERSEY, &c. &c. AND GEORGE SIMON HARCOURT EARL HARCOURT, &c. &c.

VII.

SONNET VII. FEBRUARY 23, 1795. ANNIVERSARY.

VIII.

SONNET VIII. FEBRUARY 23, 1796. ANNIVERSARY.

IX.

SONNET IX. TO THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER, SENT TO HIM WITH THE PRECEDING SONNET.

SONNET X. FEBRUARY 23, 1797. ANNIVERSARY.

XI.

SONNET XI. OCCASIONED BY A LATE ATTACK ON THE PRESENT TASTE OF ENGLISH GARDENS.

XII.

SONNET XII. TO A GRAVEL WALK, RELATIVE TO THE PRECEDING SUBJECT.

XIII.

SONNET XIII. OCCASIONED BY A DIDACTIC POEM ON THE PROGRESS OF CIVIL SOCIETY.

EPITAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS.

EPITAPH I. ON MRS. MASON,

II.

EPITAPH II. ON MISS DRUMMOND,

III.

EPITAPH III. ON JOHN DEALTRY, M. D.

IV.

EPITAPH IV. ON MRS. TATTON,

EPITAPH V. ON MR. GRAY,

VI.

EPITAPH VI. ON THOMAS FOUNTAYNE, ESQ.

VII.

EPITAPH VII. ON LAUNCELOT BROWNE, ESQ.

VIII.

EPITAPH VIII. ON MRS. ANN E. MORRITT,

IX.

INSCRIPTION IX. ON A TRIPOD TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, ESQ. P. L.

INSCRIPTION X. UNDER A PICTURE OF THE EDITOR OF SHAKSPEARE'S MANUSCRIPTS, 1796.

MISCELLANIES.

THE BIRTH OF FASHION: AN EPISTOLARY TALE.

IL BELLICOSO.

IL PACIFICO.

AN EPISTOLARY ADDRESS TO THE AUTHOR'S FATHER, SENT FROM LONDON IN THE YEAR 1746.

STANZAS, WRITTEN ON THE BANKS OF THE CAM, 1746.

ISIS.

PROTOGENES AND APELLES.

ODE OF CASIMIR

SONG OF HAROLD THE VALIANT.

II.

III.

IV.

II.

HYMNS, AND SELECT PSALMS VERSIFIED.

HYMN BEFORE MORNING SERVICE.

HYMN BEFORE EVENING SERVICE.

EVENING HYMN.

A COMPRESSED METRICAL VERSION OF PSALM CIX.

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VII.

VIII.

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VIII.

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VII.

III.

THE ART OF PAINTING, OF CHARLES ALPHONSE DU FRESNOY;

EPISTLE TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

THE ART OF PAINTING,

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EVENING HYMN.

I

To sleep, Death's image, I resign
This night my pillow'd head,
Lord! let thy providence divine
From danger guard my bed.

II

But should I sleep to wake no more,
Or, with to-morrow's sun,
Have life thy goodness to adore,
Father, thy will be done.

III

This only be my constant prayer,
That, when Life's pulse shall cease,
My Soul, redeem'd by thee, may share
Thy pardon, love, and peace.

These two last Hymns and the following Psalms versified are now first published.