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The Works of William Mason

... In Four Volumes

Mason, William (1725-1797)

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I.

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

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EPITAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS.

I.

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,

V.

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.

X.

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

HYMNS, AND SELECT PSALMS VERSIFIED.

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III.

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EPITAPH III. ON JOHN DEALTRY, M. D.

IN THE CATHEDRAE OF YORK.

Here o'er the tomb, where Dealtry's ashes sleep,
See Health, in emblematic anguish weep!
She drops her faded wreath; “No more,” she cries,
“Let languid mortals, with beseeching eyes,
“Implore my feeble aid: it fail'd to save
“My own and Nature's guardian from the grave.”

This inscription alludes to the design of the sculpture, which is a figure of Health, with her ancient insignia, in alto relievo, dropping a chaplet on the side of a monumental urn.