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The Works of William Mason

... In Four Volumes
Mason, William (1725-1797)

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VOL. II.
  
ELFRIDA;
  
CARACTACUS:
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ARGENTILE AND CURAN:
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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SAPPHO,
  
PIGMALION,
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VOL. III.

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

No, thou resplendent Sun! thy orient ray
Shall not in silence to its height ascend;
Thou com'st, thus rob'd in lustre, to attend
On social Bagnal this auspicious day,
When Youth, Wealth, Innocence, and Beauty gay
Prepare to crown the virtues of my friend.
Patron of Light and Verse! thyself shall lend
A beam of inspiration to my lay,
Which, while it sings the merits of his mind
Where true Benevolence still active glows,
And native sense with sterling Science join'd,
And Honour firm alike to words and vows,
Proclaims, that in her choice His Bride shall find
Through life, the Friend, the Lover, and the Spouse.
 

Written in London, 1752, and first printed 1797.

John Bagnal, Esq. then a student in the Temple.

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