Whoe'er like me, with trembling anguish brings
| First Line | Whoe'er like me, with trembling anguish brings |
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| Author | William Mason |
| Description | Elegy; Epitaph [Illness; Death, afterlife; Love]. Transcribed from Shiercliff, Edward. The bristol and Hotwell guide: containing an historical account of the ancient and present state of that opulent city; also of the Hotwell...,1793, pp. 77–78. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0100872204. |
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Transcription
Whoe'er like me, with trembling anguish brings,
His heart's whole treasure to fair Bristol's springs;
Whoe'er like me, to sooth disease and pain,
Shall pour these salutary springs in vain;
Condemn'd like me, to hear the faint reply,
To mark the fading cheek, the sinking eye,
From the chill'd brow to wipe the damps of death;
And watch in dumb despair the short'ning breath;
If chance directs him to this artless line,
Let the sad mourner know his pangs were mine:
Ordain'd to lose the partner of my breast,
Whose virtue warm'd me, and whose beauty bless'd,
Fram'd every tie, that binds the soul, to prove,
Her duty friendship, and her friendship love—
But yet remembering that the parting sigh,
Appoints the just to slumber, not to die,
The starting tear I check'd, I kiss'd the rod,
And not to earth resign'd her, but to God.
Beinecke Osborn c116
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 61
Local title: Epitaph on Mrs. Mason who died of a consumption at Bristol; by her husband
Attributed author: Mason
Adaptation: n/a
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Beinecke Osborn c83
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Page: n/a; item #79.
Local title: Epitaph on a lady, who died at the Hot Wells of a consumption
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
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Bodleian MS Mont. e. 14
| Title | Poetry Selected and Orginal, 1788 & 1789 |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
ff. 28v-29–32
Local title: On the Death of a Lady at Bristol Hotwells where she went for the Recovery of her health. By her Husband.
Attributed author: n/a
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Folger MS M.a.142
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 63–64.
Local title: [Two titles—p. 63:] On the death of Mrs Mason—extracts from Mason's poem on death of wife. [p. 64:] On a Lady who died of a Consumption at the Hot Wells Bristol by her husband.
Attributed author: Mason [and] her husband.
Adaptation: n/a
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Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.182
| Title | A miscellaneous collection in prose and vers [...] |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 59
Local title: On the death of his wife.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
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Folger MS M.b.13
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 17.
Local title: Epitaph upon a Lady who died of a consumption at Bristol Hotwells.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS W.a.271
| Title | Poetry |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
pp. 105
Local title: Epitaph on a Lady who died at Bristol Hot Wells of a Consumption - By her Husband
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
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UChicago Library Codex Ms. 757
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
pp. 95–96
Local title: Epitaph on a Lady who died of a Consumption at Bristol Wells. Wrote by her Husband.
Attributed author: by her Husband.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a